Leucospermum secundifolium
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Leucospermum secundifolium is a low, evergreen shrub that grows along the ground, the tip of the branches slightly rising, which has been assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has narrowly elliptic le
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Leucospermum
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Leucospermum, commonly known as pincushions, is a genus of evergreen upright, sometimes creeping shrubs that is assigned to the Proteaceae, with currently 48 known species.
Leucospermum secundifolium
…became possible. John Patrick Rourke described it and named it Leucospermum secundifolium in 1970. L. secundifolium has been assigned to the section Diastelloidea. The species name secundifolium is compounded from the Latin words secundum (second or fortunate) and folium (leaf) and indicates that the leaves of…
Leucospermum erubescens
Morphology of the individual flower and leaf
The positioning of flower buds on the receptacle as seen from above
Detail of an individual flower showing the white fruit that the genus is named after. Photo: Tony Rebelo.