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Liparia splendens
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Podalyrieae
Genus:	Liparia
Species:	L. splendens
Binomial name
	Liparia splendens; Burm.f.
subspecies
	Liparia splendens subsp. comantha (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Bos & de Wit; Liparia splendens subsp. splendens (Burm. f.) Bos & de Wit;

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Liparia splendens (locally called Orange Nodding-Head or Mountain Dahlia) is a flowering fynbos shrub of the Fabaceae (legume) family, that occurs in the South-western Cape of South Africa.

Description

In spite of its common name, this plant is in fact unrelated to Dahlia, and is part of the legume family.

This multi-branching, re-sprouting, flowering shrub reaches about 1 metre in height. The flowers ("nodding heads") appear from autumn until summer. The flower heads each comprise over 15 individual flowers and are orange-yellow in colour.

The flowers resemble those of Protea, as they have adapted to the same pollinator, the sunbird.

The plant can survive the frequent fynbos fires as it has a large, strong underground root-stock from which it resprouts. However it is very difficult to grow in cultivation and usually dies when grown outside of its natural habitat.

Distribution

Classed as Vulnerable on the IUCN global Red List, this plant is found in mountain and lowland fynbos in the Western Cape, South Africa. Here it is found from the Cape Peninsula in the west, as far east as Albertinia and Riversdale.^[2]

It has two main subspecies, splendens around the Cape Peninsula, and subsp. comantha further east.

References

^ Schutte AL, Van Wyk B-E. (1994). "A reappraisal of the generic status of Liparia and Priestleya (Fabaceae)". Taxon. 43 (4): 573–582. JSTOR 1223543.
^ http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lipariasplend.htm

External links

Liparia splendens at PlantZAfrica.com

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[Schutte-1] Schutte AL, Van Wyk B-E. (1994). "A reappraisal of the generic status of Liparia and Priestleya (Fabaceae)". Taxon. 43 (4): 573–582. JSTOR 1223543.

[2] ttps://www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lipariasplend.htm

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 {{taxobox
 |name = ''Liparia splendens''
+|status = VU
+|status_system = IUCN2.3
 |image = Liparia splendens - NoddingHead - South Africa 1.jpg
 |regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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 |binomial = ''Liparia splendens''
 |binomial_authority = [[Burm.f.]]
+|subdivision_ranks = subspecies<ref name="Schutte">{{cite journal | author = '''Schutte AL, Van Wyk B-E.''' | year = 1994 | title = A reappraisal of the generic status of ''Liparia'' and ''Priestleya'' (Fabaceae) | url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/1223543 | journal = [[Taxon (journal)|Taxon]] | volume = 43 | issue = 4 | pages = 573–582 | jstor = 1223543 }}</ref>
-| status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
+|subdivision = * ''Liparia splendens'' subsp. ''comantha'' <small>(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Bos & de Wit</small>
+* ''Liparia splendens'' subsp. ''splendens'' <small>(Burm. f.) Bos & de Wit</small>
 |}}
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 ==Description==
-In spite of its common name, this plant is in fact unrelated to Dahlias, and is part of the legume family.
+In spite of its common name, this plant is in fact unrelated to ''[[Dahlia]]'', and is part of the legume family.
 This multi-branching, re-sprouting, flowering shrub reaches about 1 metre in height.
 The flowers ("nodding heads") appear from autumn until summer. The flower heads each comprise over 15 individual flowers and are orange-yellow in colour.
-The flowers resemble those of Proteas, as they have adapted to the same pollinator, the sunbird.
+The flowers resemble those of ''[[Protea]]'', as they have adapted to the same pollinator, the [[sunbird]].
-The plant can survive the frequent fynbos fires as it has a large, strong underground root-stock from which it resprouts. However it is very difficult to grow in cultivation and usually dies when grown outside of its natural habitat.
+The plant can survive the frequent fynbos fires as it has a large, strong underground root-stock from which it [[resprouter|resprouts]]. However it is very difficult to grow in cultivation and usually dies when grown outside of its natural habitat.
 ==Distribution==