Leucadendron

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Read about Leucadendron in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Leucadendron (Greek, white tree). Proteaceae. This genus includes the celebrated silver-tree of the Cape of Good Hope, which has a striking and characteristic habit, and leaves densely covered with white silky hairs. Shrubs or trees, all of S. Afr., above 60 in number: leaves mostly narrow, sometimes even needle-like, entire, glabrous or silvery-tomentose, with a hardened apex: flowers dioecious, regular; male flowers usually many, in heads, each subtended by a bract and the head sometimes involucrate, the perianth-segms. separated to the middle or beyond, the anthers oblong or linear and sessile at the base of the perianth-limb; female flowers subtended by woody bracts and aggregated into cone-like heads, the perianth more deeply divided than that of the male flowers, bearing narrow staminodia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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