The following is a list of Protea species.

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Table of Protea species

Section	Common name of section	Species name	Common name	Image	Distribution
Craterifolia	penduline protea	Protea effusa	Scarlet sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea namaquana	Kamiesberg sugarbush		South Africa (Kamiesberg mountains of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province)
		Protea pendula	Nodding sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea recondita	Hidden sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea sulphurea	Sulphur sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
Crinitae	eastern ground protea	Protea foliosa	Leafy sugarbush		South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
		Protea intonsa	Tufted sugarbush		South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains to the Baviaanskloof mountains.)
		Protea montana	Swartberg sugarbush		South Africa (Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains.)
		Protea tenax	Tenacious sugarbush		South Africa (Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Winterhoek mountains)
		Protea vogtsiae	Kouga sugarbush		South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
Cristatae	moorland protea	Protea asymmetrica	Inyanga sugarbush		Zimbabwe
		Protea wentzeliana	Wentzel's sugarbush		Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania and central Angola.
Exsertae	white protea	Protea aurea aurea	Common shuttlecock protea		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea aurea potbergensis	Potberg sugarbush		South Africa (Potberg near Cape Infanta.)
		Protea lacticolor	Hottentot sugarbush		South Africa (the Slanghoek to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and also the Groenlandberg.)
		Protea mundii	Forest sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea punctata	Water sugarbush		South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape province)
		Protea subvestita	Waterlily sugarbush		South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
		Protea venusta	Cascade sugarbush		South Africa (Clanwilliam to Grahamstown)
Hypocephalae	rodent protea	Protea amplexicaulis	Claspingleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea cordata	Heartleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea decurrens	Linearleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea humiflora	Patentleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea subulifolia	Awl-leaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
Lasiocephalae	savanna protea	Protea gaguedi	African sugarbush		Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, eSwatini and South Africa.
		Protea welwitschii	Dwarf savanna sugarbush		Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Leiocephalea	grassveld protea	Protea caffra caffra	Highveld sugerbush		South Africa (Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape as far south as the Katberg mountains) and Lesotho
		Protea caffra gazensis	Manica sugarbush		Mozambique and Zimbabwe, including the Nyanga Mountains and Chimanimani Mountains, and on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique.
		Protea caffra kilimandscharica	Kilimanjaro sugarbush		Mt Kenya
		Protea caffra nyasea	Malawi sugarbush		Malawi
		Protea dracomontana	Drakensberg sugarbush		South Africa (Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State)
		Protea nubigena	Cloud sugarbush		South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
		Protea parvula	Dainty sugarbush		Mpumalanga
		Protea petiolaris elegans	Sickle-leaf sugarbush		Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		Protea petiolaris petiolaris	Sickle-leaf sugarbush		Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
		Protea simplex	Dwarf grassveld sugarbush		South Africa (Eswatini and the Mpumalanga)
	shaving-brush protea	Protea caffra kilimandscharica	Kilimanjaro sugarbush		DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
		Protea caffra mafingensis	Mafingo sugarbush		Malawi and Zambia
		Protea rupicola	Krantz sugarbush		South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
		Protea glabra	Clanwilliam sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape)
		Protea inopina	Largenut sugarbush		Paleisheuwel
		Protea nitida	Wagon tree		South Africa (Eastern cape)
Ligulatae	spoon-bract protea	Protea burchellii	Burchell's sugarbush		South Africa (southwestern Cape)
		Protea compacta	Bot river sugarbush		Kleinmond to Bredasdorp Mountains South Africa
		Protea eximia	Broadleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape)
		Protea longifolia	Longleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape)
		Protea obtusifolia	Limestone sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape)
		Protea pudens	Bashful sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape)
		Protea roupelliae hamiltonii	Dwarf silver sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape), Zimbabwe
		Protea roupelliae roupelliae	Silver sugarbush		Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
		Protea susannae	Stinkleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western cape)
Melliferae	sugerbushes	Protea aristata	Ladismith sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea lanceolata	Lanceleaf sugarbush		South Africa
		Protea repens	Common sugarbush		South Africa
Microgeantae	western ground protea	Protea acaulos	Common ground sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea convexa	Largeleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea laevis	Smoothleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea revoluta	Rolledleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea angustata	Wide laef sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
Obvallatae	bishop protea	Protea caespitosa	Bishop sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
Paludosae	rooi protea	Protea enervis	Chimanimani sugarbush		Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Paracynaroides	sneeu protea	Protea cryophila	Snowball protea		South Africa (Cederberg)
		Protea pruinosa	Frosted sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scabriuscula	Hoary sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scolopendriifolia	Hart's tonguefern sugarbush		South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape province)
Parviflorae	shale protea	Protea mucronifolia	Daggerleaf sugarbush		South Africa
		Protea odorata	Swartland sugarbush		South Africa
Patentiflorae	mountain protea	Protea angolensis angolensis	Dwarf northernwoodland sugarbush		northern, central and eastern Zimbabwe
		Protea angolensis divaricata	Northern woodland sugarbush		Zambia, western Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, southern and western Tanzania, northern Malawi, and to a limited extent in Mozambique (Tete)
		Protea comptonii	Saddleback sugarbush		South Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal)
		Protea curvata	Barberton sugarbush		South Africa
		Protea laetans	Blyde sugarbush		South Africa (Mpumalanga)
		Protea madiensis	Tall woodland sugarbush		Senegal to Ethiopia in the north, to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Guinea to Mali in the north, south to Sierra Leone, Benin and Cameroon.
		Protea rubropilosa	Transvaal sugarbush		South Africa (Mpumalanga and Limpopo)
		Protea rupestris	Rocket sugarbush		Malawi, Mozambique, Angola and Tanzania
Pinifolia	rose protea	Protea acuminata	Blackrim sugarbush		South Africa
		Protea canaliculata	Grooveleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea nana	Mountainrose sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea pityphylla	Ceres sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scolymocephala	Thistle sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea witzenbergiana	Swan sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
Protea	king protea	Protea cynaroides	King protea		South Africa
Speciosae	bearded sugerbush	Protea coronata	Green sugarbush		South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape)
		Protea grandiceps	Red sugarbush		South Africa (Cape Peninsula, Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Winterhoek Mountains and Kamanassie Mountains)
		Protea holosericea	Sawedge sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea laurifolia	Greyleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Northern and Western Cape)
		Protea lepidocarpodendron	Blackbeard sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea lorifolia	Strapleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Swartberg, Riviersonderend and Langeberg Mountains, to the Baviaanskloofberge and Kouga Mountains.)
		Protea magnifica	Queen protea		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea neriifolia	Narrowleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Eastern and Western Cape)
		Protea speciosa	Brownbeard sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea stokoei	Pink sugarbush		South Africa (Kogelberg and Greenland mountains)
Subacaules	dwarf-tufted protea	Protea aspera	Roughleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Kleinrivierberg, Bredasdorpberg and Garcia's Pass.)
		Protea denticulata	Toothleaf sugarbush		South Africa
		Protea lorea	Thongleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)
		Protea piscina	Visgat sugarbush		South Africa
		Protea restionifolia	Reedleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape province)
		Protea scabra	Sandpaperleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Hottentots Holland Mountains across the Riviersonderend Mountains, the Kleinrivier Mountains and around the town of Caledon to the Swartberg mountains)
		Protea scorzonerifolia	Channelleaf sugarbush		South Africa (Western Cape)