Protea namaquana Rourke, a new species endemic to the Kamiesberg in Namaqualand, is described. Its distribution area is disjunct from that of the related P. sulphurea Phill. from which it differs in having an upright growth habit, longer, narrowly oblanceolate to linear-spathulate leaves and crimson coloured involucral bracts. Attention is drawn to the Kamiesberg as an outlying area of fynbos and a centre of endemism in the Namaqualand region . Pro tea namaquana Rourke, 'n nuwe spesies endemies

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... tot die Kamiesberg, Namakwaland, word beskryf. Die verspreiding van die takson is nie aaneenlopend met die van die naverwante P. sulphurea Phill. nie, en verskil van laasgenoemde in die regop groeivorm, die langer, smal omgekeerd lanset tot lineerspatelvormige blare en die karmosynrooi omwindselblare. Aandag word op die Kamiesberg, 'n afgesonderde fynbos gebied, gevestig as 'n area van endemisme in die Namakwaland streek.