Ua hoʻolahaʻia e like me ka pua o ka mākau o'Akelika Hema i ka makahiki 1976,ʻo ka pale o ka mō'ī ka nani o kona ulu a me ke kūlana o ka'āina. Loaʻa i ka Cape Floristic Region, aia ka mō'ī protea no ka Protea genus,ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi o kaʻohana Proteaceae - he hui e komo ana i kahi 1,350ʻanoʻano likeʻole.
ʻO ka pale o ke aliʻi ka poʻo pua pua nui loa o kona genus a ua hoʻolimalimaʻia konaʻano pua e like me keʻano o artichoke.
Ke piʻi nei a hiki i 300mm ke anawaena,ʻano'ē keʻano o kēia pua nani i kaʻulaʻula mai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo e maloʻo ai kaʻulaʻula aiʻole ka ulaula. Hoʻonui ka mea kanu i waena o 0.35 mau mika a 2 mika ke kiʻekiʻe a he mānoanoa mānoanoa ia e hiki ai i kahi mamao loa. Aia kēia'ōpū i nā'ōpiopio'ōpiopio, eʻae ana i ka mō'ī e pale aku i ka olaʻana i nā mea hihiu e'ālaʻi pinepine ana ma konaʻano kūlohelohe. I ka pauʻana o ke ahi, ua puka mai nā'ōpiopio o ka'ōpū ma kahi'ō'ō o kaʻili - no laila ua like keʻano o ka iʻa me ka hānau hou.
ʻO ka hōʻailona o ka mō'ī pale
ʻO ka pale o ke aliʻi kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona kaulana loa o'Akelika Hema, ma kaʻaoʻao o ka puna lele a me ka hae anuenue o ka'āina. Wahi a ke aupuni o'Akelika Pekikina,ʻo ka pua "he hōʻailona o ka nani o ko kākou'āina, a me ka uluʻana o ko kākou kūlana i aupuni no ka hahaiʻana i ka Renaissance'Aiwi". Hōʻikeʻia ma ka lole komohana o Aferika Heka , me ka pepehiʻia o nā hōʻailona'ē aʻe.
ʻO kēia mau mea heʻelua mau kiʻi mai kahi kiʻi pena kaulana o Khoisan, kahi manu kākau'ōlelo aʻelua hoʻi i hele i nā mea kahiko.
Ua kapaʻia ka inoaʻo ka huiʻo Cricket Pelekikenaʻo "The Proteza", aʻikeʻia ka pua i ka mana o ka'ahamele. ʻOiai ka inoa o ka poʻe 'ōlapa i kapaʻia ma hope o ka pūnāwaiwai,ʻaʻole ka protea,ʻo nā kani no nā hāʻinaʻelua he papa hoʻomalu aliʻi ka mea i kākauʻia ma nāʻulaʻula o South African me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo.
ʻO ka Genua Protea
I kekahi manawa i kapaʻia he mau paʻipaʻi,ʻo nā lālā o Protea genus mai nā kumu lāʻau e ulu mai i nā lāʻau 35-mika. Loaʻa iā lākou a pau i nā lauʻili a me nā pua puata (e like paha me ka nui o kēia mau mea). ʻO kekahi mauʻano e ulu ana i nā'ōmaʻomaʻoʻulaʻula, aʻo nā mea'ē aʻe he mākiko lahilahi a me nāʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele. ʻO kekahi poʻe e like me nā pinikokiʻalani. Ma muli o kēiaʻano pilikino nui loa,ʻo Carl Linnaeusʻo ka mea kanu hihiu 1800 i kapaʻiaʻo Protee genus ma hope o ka Greek Greek Proteous, ka mea i hiki ke hoʻololi i konaʻike ma ka makemake.
Ka Hoʻoliloʻiaʻana o ka Family Proteacee
Aia 92% o nāʻano protea e pili ana i ka Cape Floristic Region, kahi i ka hema a me ke kūkulu hema o South Africa iʻikeʻia he kahua hoʻoilina honuaʻo UNESCO no konaʻano pilikinoʻokoʻa. Loaʻa i nā mea hoʻomalu a pau ma ka hema o ke kahawaiʻo Limpopo - koe wale nō kekahi, e ulu ana ma ke kuahiwi o ka maunaʻo Kenya .
Ke manaʻoʻia nei uaʻike muaʻia nā kūpuna o kaʻohana Proteceaua i nā makahiki he miliona i hala aku nei, i ka manawa i hui pūʻia nā'āina o ka hemisphere hema e like me ka supercontinent kahiko, Gondwana. I ka wā i moku ai ka'āina, ua māheleʻia kaʻohana iʻelua mauʻohana-ʻo ka lala Proteoideae, kahi e pili nei i ka hema o'Afelika (me ka proteʻa aliʻi) a me ka lālā Grevilleoideae.
ʻO nā mea hope loa e loaʻa nei ma Southwest Australia, me nā'āpana liʻiliʻi ma Asia hikina a meʻAmelika Hema.
Palekana Research
ʻO nā koina ma ka Cape Floristic Region a me ka moku floristic o Southwest Australia ua hōʻoiaʻiʻoʻia i nā meaʻokoʻa pinepine. ʻO kēia mau wahi heʻelua ia o nā hotspots meaola nui o ka honua. Wahi a kekahi aʻoʻana i alakaʻiʻia e nā mea olaola o Pelekānia,ʻo ka loli o ka hoʻolālā keʻekolu manawa wikiwiki ma mua o ka mea maʻamau, me nāʻano proteʻa hou eʻikeʻia ana i nā manawa a pau a me ka hopena i ka nui o nā mea ola. I ka Pākīpika Hema, i loko o ka papahanaʻo Kāpenaʻo Kirstenbosch nā mākaʻiʻeleʻele i ka papahana nui e kaha palapala i ka hoʻonuiʻia o ka palekana ma ka hemaʻo'Akelika Hema.
Kahi e Loaa ai iā lākou
I kēia lā, mālamaʻia ka palekana ma nā'āina likeʻole he 20.
Ua ulu a hoʻolahaʻia lākou e nā hui e like me kaʻahahui Protection International a ua hoʻokomoʻia i nā pāka a me nā māla a puni ka honua. ʻO ka poʻe e makemake ana e ho'āʻo i ko lākou lima i ka uluʻana i kā lākou pono pono'ī e mālama i nāʻanoʻano mai nā poʻe e like me nā Pōpa maikaʻi. Eia naʻe,ʻaʻohe mea'ē aʻe e like me kaʻikeʻana i ka uluʻana o ka ulu o ka ulu o ka'ākau o'Akelika Hema i ka Papa Mountain aiʻole ma Cedarberg.