PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / PROTEALES / PROTEACEAE / PROTEOIDEAE / LEUCADENDREAE / SOROCEPHALUS / CAPITATUS
An erect well branched shrub with a strong main stem, 0-75-1 m tall, branching at 0-25 m. Stems slender, covered with closely clasping densely imbricate leaves. Leaves 6-12 mm long, narrowly lanceolate, slightly 3 ridged on the upper surface, otherwise flattened, sparsely sericeous at first becoming scabrous glabrescent later. Inflorescence terminal, single or with up to three inflorescences terminating a flowering shoot, globose, 2-3 cm in diam. Involucres 8-9 flowered, densely clustered together. Perianth limbs of the innermost flowers of the involucre glabrous, perianth limbs of the outermost flowers woolly. Bracts narrowly lanceolate to broadly ovate, 9 mm long, 1-5 mm broad. Outer surface usually glabrous, occasionally sparsely sericeous, margins densely ciliate. Bracteoles lanceolate to narrowly ovate, glabrous. Perianth 12 mm long. Perianth limbs narrowly ovate, woolly to glabrous. Perianth claws linear, densely woolly. Perianth tube 5 mm long, sericeous above, becoming glabrous and slightly inflated at the base. Anthers sessile, elliptic, apical boss black, pointed. Style filiform, 9 mm long. Pollen presenter capitate, with a terminal stigmatic papilla. Ovary ellipsoid, sericeous, 1 mm. long. Hypogynous scales linear subulate, 3 mm long, arching up over the ovary. Fruits glabrous, cylindrical, narrowly emarginate at the base, 6 mm long, 2 mm broad. From: Rourke, JP. 1969. Taxonomic studies on Sorocephalus R.Br. and Spatalla Salisb. J. S. African Bot.: 1-124. [CC BY]
Slender, single-stemmed shrub to 1 m. Leaves linear, adpressed, glabrescent, 6-12 mm long, margins scabrid. Flower heads in globose clusters, 20-30 mm diam., pink or cream-coloured, inner florets with perianth tips glabrous. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Proteaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 657-681. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
S. capitatus is easily distinguished from the species with semi-terete leaves by the markedly capitate pollen presenter. The very long (3 mm) incurved hypogynous scales are also distinctive. A unique feature of this species is the variation in the pubescence of the perianth limbs. In each involucre the perianth limbs of the outermost flowers are lanate, while those of the innermost flowers are glabrous. From: Rourke, JP. 1969. Taxonomic studies on Sorocephalus R.Br. and Spatalla Salisb. J. S. African Bot.: 1-124. [CC BY]
S. capitatus grows in small colonies on sandy patches between weathered outcrops of Table Mountain sandstone. The associated vegetation consists mainly of low tufted Restionaceae. A moderate winter rainfall of 20-25' p.a. is experienced with occasional snowfalls during a severe winter. The flowering period is rather long, from October to February, and is due to the development of lateral inflorescences which arise below the main terminal inflorescence when it has faded. From: Rourke, JP. 1969. Taxonomic studies on Sorocephalus R.Br. and Spatalla Salisb. J. S. African Bot.: 1-124. [CC BY]
Sandy flats. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Proteaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 657-681. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Only two isolated populations of this species are known, one on the Piketberg, the other in the mountains at Onderbos Kloof in the Cold Bokkeveld. From: Rourke, JP. 1969. Taxonomic studies on Sorocephalus R.Br. and Spatalla Salisb. J. S. African Bot.: 1-124. [CC BY]
Piketberg and Cold Bokkeveld: Onderboskloof. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Proteaceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 657-681. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
September
300 to 1400 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Absent
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Endemic
Naturalised
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Names and Sources
Published in: J. S. African Bot. Suppl. 7: 40 (1969)
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolly Powderpuff | English | South African National Biodiversity Institute. 1991. Protea Atlas. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Proteales
FAMILY Proteaceae
SUBFAMILY Proteoideae
TRIBE Leucadendreae
GENUS Sorocephalus
SPECIES capitatus
40 results for Sorocephalus capitatus Rourke
Barcode: NBG0105343-2 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 7567 | 1965-7-8
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg. Piquetberg Mountains. Alt. 2500 ft.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362251-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 682 | 1966-10-26
South Africa, Western Cape, COLD BOKKEVELD; CERES DIV.; ONDERBOS KLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362231-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1138 | 1968-10-10
South Africa, Western Cape, COLD BOKKEVELD; GRASKOP; SUMMIT OF GRASKOP BETW. BOBOSKLOOF AND ONDERBOSKLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0087714-1 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1138 | 1968-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres Dist. Cold Bokkeveld. On eastern margin of summit of Graskop between Boboskloof and Onderboskloof.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0085088-1 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 682 | 1966-10-26
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres. Onderbos Kloof. Cold Bokkeveld.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0214817-0 Collector(s) & number: Taylor, HC, 8646 | 1973-11-5
South Africa, Western Cape, N.E. of "Pyramid Peak". Skurfteberg on farm "Visgat".
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0565502-0 Collector(s) & number: Meyer, JJ, 804 | 1994-10-11
South Africa, Western Cape, Citrusdal. Sneeuberghut in Sederberg, Suid-Oos van Algeria bosboustasie.
General notes: Redelik volop.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0214826-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1138 | 1958-10-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Worcester. Summit of Graskop between Boskloof and Onderboskloof. Cold Bokkeveld.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1494952-0 Collector(s) & number: Hanekom, WJ, 3403 | 2002-8-20
South Africa, Western Cape, Koue Bokkeveld. Grasberg. Die noordwestelike kruin van Grasberg, naby Onder-Boskloof.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362228-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1138 | 1968-10-10
South Africa, Western Cape, COLD BOKKEVELD; GRASKOP; SUMMIT OF GRASKOP BETW. BOSKLOOF AND ONDERBOSKLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362230-0 Collector(s) & number: Bodkin, AA, 13638 | 1895-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG; GOEDVERWACHT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0460041-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1505 | 1975-12-2
South Africa, Western Cape, UPPER OLIFANTS RIVER; VISGAT; N. E. BOUNDARY OF VISGAT.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1548152-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 9889 | 2019-12-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Skurweberg; Visgat 207; NW of Rocklands.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0105342-0 Collector(s) & number: Pillans, NS, 7341 | 1934-11-9
South Africa, Western Cape, Piguetberg District. Between Avontuur Hill and Zebra Kop.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1548151-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 9888 | 2019-12-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Skurweberg; Visgat 207; valley E of Glen Donold (Visgat).
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362266-0 Collector(s) & number: Barnard, KH, PRE 52038 | 1937-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, CERES DIV.; VALLEY BETW. SCHURFTEBERGEN AND WITZENBERGEN
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0635487-0 Collector(s) & number: Goldblatt, P, 6481 | 1982-2-1
South Africa, Western Cape, CLANWILLIAM; PIKETBERG MTS.; PLATEAU EAST OF LEVANT PEAK, ABOVE STARKE DAM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0456254-0 Collector(s) & number: Pillans, NS, 7341 | 1934-11-9
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG DIV.; BETW. AVONTUUR HILL & ZEBRA KOP.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0061912-0 Collector(s) & number: Stokoe, TP, s.n. | 1948-5-
South Africa, Western Cape, Piketberg Div. Zebrakop.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0108924-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1505 | 1975-12-2
South Africa, Western Cape, Upper Olifants River Valley. North East boundary of Visgat.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0054615-0 Collector(s) & number: Zinn, H, s.n. | 1940-2-
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Div. Ridge of Mountain.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0200294-0 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 682 | 1966-10-26
South Africa, Western Cape, Worcester. Onderbos Kloof. Cold Bokkeveld.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0087714-2 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 1138 | 1968-11-10
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres Dist. Cold Bokkeveld. On eastern margin of summit of Graskop between Boboskloof and Onderboskloof.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0053138-0 Collector(s) & number: Thorne, CH, s.n. | 1937-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres Div. Valley between Skurfberg and Witsenberge.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0214814-0 Collector(s) & number: Turner, RC, 1163 | 2004-11-6
South Africa, Western Cape, Skurwebeg Mountains north of Rocklands Peak. "Visgat 207", Kouebokkeveld; approximately 530m NE of spot height 1495m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0105344-0 Collector(s) & number: Martin, BE, 886 | 1951-9-12
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Dist. Top of Piquetberg Mountain.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0062127-0 Collector(s) & number: Andrea, s.n. | 1947-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Mountains near summit.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0085088-2 Collector(s) & number: Rourke, JP, 682 | 1966-10-26
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres. Onderbos Kloof. Cold Bokkeveld.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0105343-1 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 7567 | 1965-7-8
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Dist. Piquetberg Mountains.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0086443-0 Collector(s) & number: Williams, I, 1114 | 1967-10-25
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres Dist. Cold Bokkeveld. Bo Boskloof. Near the summit of Graskop.
General notes: Locally frequent.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362227-0 Collector(s) & number: Bodkin, AA, 11849 | 1895-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG; GOEDVERWACHT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0362229-0 Collector(s) & number: Williams, IJM, 1114 | 1967-10-25
South Africa, Western Cape, COLD BOKKEVELD; CERES DIV.; BO BOSKLOOF
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: SAM0055489-0 Collector(s) & number: Pillans, NS, 7341 | 1934-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Div. Between Avontuur Hill and Zebra Kop.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0011535-0 Collector(s) & number: Middlemost, AJM, 1977 | 1958-9-28
South Africa, Western Cape, Ceres Dist. Cold Bokkeveld. Onderbos Kloof.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Proteaceae Manning, JC; Goldblatt, PIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 657-681
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
1969
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Taxonomic studies on Sorocephalus R.Br. and Spatalla Salisb. Rourke, JPJournal of South African Botany: 1-124
No results found for Sorocephalus capitatus Rourke
Status and criteria
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