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Diastella

Index Diastella

Diastella is a genus containing seven species of flowering plants, commonly known as “silkypuffs”, in the protea family. [1]

19 relations: Ancient Greek, Cape Floristic Region, Diastella fraterna, Endemism, Eudicots, Family (biology), Flowering plant, Fynbos, Genus, Leucospermum, Perianth, Plant, Proteaceae, Proteales, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Shrub, South Africa, Species, Threatened species.

Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Cape Floristic Region

The Cape Floristic Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa.

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Diastella fraterna

Diastella fraterna, commonly known as the palmiet silkypuff, is a plant of the family proteaceae native to South Africa.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eudicots

The eudicots, Eudicotidae or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants that had been called tricolpates or non-magnoliid dicots by previous authors.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Fynbos

Fynbos (meaning fine-leaved plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Leucospermum

Leucospermum is a genus of evergreen upright, sometimes creeping shrubs that is assigned to the Proteaceae, with currently forty-eight known species.

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Perianth

The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals).

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Proteaceae

The Proteaceae are a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Proteales

Proteales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants consisting of two (or three) families.

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Richard Anthony Salisbury

Richard Anthony Salisbury, FRS (born Richard Anthony Markham; 2 May 1761 – 23 March 1829) was a British botanist.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Threatened species

Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastella

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