Proteaceae
Leucadendron

Leucadendron argenteum (L.) R.Br.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 52 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 27, 1965 Kitching, L. [1877] South Africa K000353682 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Garside, S. [1758] South Africa K000353681 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Garside, S. [4223] South Africa K000353679 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] South Africa K000353683 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Drège [s.n.] South Africa K000353674 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Burchell [8475] South Africa K000353670 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Ecklon [43] South Africa K000353675 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Jameson, H. [22.4] South Africa K000353680 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 Kuntze, O. [194] South Africa K000353689 Yes
Sep 27, 1965 S. [s.n.] South Africa K000353673 Yes
S. [s.n.] South Africa K000353678 Yes
Taylor, T.B. [109] South Africa K000353688 No
Werdermann, E.; Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [757] South Africa K000353686 Yes
Hodge, W.H. [8536] South Africa K000353685 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [1368] South Africa K000353671 Yes
Kuntze, O. [194] South Africa K000353677 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [22463] South Africa K000353676 Yes
Garside, S. [4698] South Africa K:SPC-27002.000 No
Garside, S. [4359] South Africa K:SPC-26089.000 No
Grey, F. [s.n.] South Africa K000353687 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images