On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in ...

The King protea became South Africa’s national flower in 1976 and, following the abolition of apartheid in the early 1990s, the emblem of the country’s newly desegregated national sports teams.

The whole genome of the king protea (Protea cynaroides) has been sequenced, a first for an indigenous plant in the Cape Floral Kingdom. At about 1.18 gigabases (Gb) long there are more than 1.18 ...

The largest of the proteas, the King Protea, is South Africa's national flower. It has lent its name to the national cricket team and countless brands.