Proteaceae
Tenacious sugarbush
Protea tenax
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Gehardesuikerbos
- English
- Tenacious sugarbush
Synonyms
- Erodendrum foetidum Knight
- Erodendrum tenax Salisb.
- Protea acaulis var. cockscombensis ARCHIBALD
- Protea magnoliifolia H.Buek ex Meisn.
- Protea undulata E.Phillips
- Scolymocephalus tenax Kuntze
Photos
Photo: mr fab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: outramps tanniedi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mr fab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mr fab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mr fab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mr fab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mr fab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tony rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tony rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Protea
- King proteaProtea cynaroidesProteaceae
- Common proteaProtea afraProteaceae
- Black-bearded sugarbushProtea lepidocarpodendronProteaceae
- Bot River proteaProtea compactaProteaceae
- Broad-leaf sugarbushProtea eximiaProteaceae
- Narrow-leaf proteaProtea neriifoliaProteaceae
- Cluster-head sugarbushProtea welwitschiiProteaceae
- Angolan proteaProtea angolensisProteaceae
- Shuttlecock sugarbushProtea aureaProteaceae
- Applegreen sugarbushProtea coronataProteaceae
- Laneleaf sugarbushProtea lanceolataProteaceae
- Protea laurifoliaProteaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.