Genus: Aulax (featherbushes) Life
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> Family: Proteaceae
There are three species, all found in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Publications
- Rourke, J.P. 1987. The inflorescence morphology and
systematics of Aulax (Proteaceae). South African
Journal of Botany 53: 464–480.
-
Rourke, J.P. 2003. Proteaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 795-809. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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