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"Strelitzia regina" amended to _Strelitzia reginæ_.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in southern Africa: An overview, Strelitzia No. 1.pp. 31-52.
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The bird-of-paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae) is endemic to the Hotspot and can grow up to two meters in its natural habitat in the Eastern Cape coastal bush.
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Strelitzia; Botanical diversity in southern Africa.
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In addition, the generally colder temperatures of the southern portion limit distribution of subtropical species such as Natal wild banana (Strelitzia nicolai) that grows down near Port Elisabeth.
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Some species noted as having a lower general occurrence by Acocks, e.g., the tree Strelitzia nicolai and the shrub Indigafera micrantha, still have a high relative abundance which suggests that despite their low general occurrence they are still important and these species may give some indication of the differences between forest patches.
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Where dune forest has been disturbed by urban development, Brachylaena discolor, Strelitzia nicolai, and/or Chrsanthemoides monilifera tend to dominate the secondary vegetation.
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The eastern zone is often furnished with mountains, well wooded with evergreen succulent trees, on which neither fire nor droughts can have the smallest effect (‘Strelitzia’, ‘Zamia horrida’, ‘Portulacaria afra’, ‘Schotia speciosa’, ‘Euphorbias’, and ‘Aloes arborescens’); and its seaboard gorges are clad with gigantic timber.
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Over a hundred of them were pupils and teachers from the nearby Strelitzia secondary school.
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Over a hundred of them were pupils and teachers from the nearby Strelitzia secondary school.
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