Protea afra(PRWCA)
Overview Code created in: 2020-04-19
- EPPO Code: PRWCA
- Preferred name: Protea afra
- Authority: Meisner
Mozambique to South Africa
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Protea caffra | Meisner |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| common sugarbush | English (ZA) |
| gewone suikerbos | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal eudicots (
1BEUD )
Order
Proteales (
1PROO )
Family
Proteaceae (
1PROF )
Subfamily
Proteoideae (
1PROS )
Genus
Protea (
1PRWG )
Species
Protea afra (
PRWCA )