Protea

plant genus

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fynbos

  • fynbos in the Cape floristic region
    In fynbos

    and proteoids, especially Leucadendron and Protea. The flowers of this extraordinarily diverse flora are pollinated by both insects (but few butterflies) and nectar-eating birds, such as sunbirds (Nectarina) and the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer)—animals with which the proteoids have coevolved. Seed dispersal by ants occurs in an unusually

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