Edwin Percy Phillips

South african botanist (1884-1967).

Edwin Percy Phillips (18 February 1884 – 12 April 1967) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for his monumental work The Genera of South African Flowering Plants first published in 1926. Phillips was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, and attended the South African College, which later became the University of Cape Town, where he graduated under Prof. Henry Harold Welch Pearson, obtaining a BA in 1903, an MA in 1908 and a DSc in 1915 for a treatise on the flora of the Leribe Plateau in Lesotho. He was the son of Ralph Edwards Phillips and Edith Minnie Crowder. He married Edith Isabel

Abbreviations: E.Phillips

Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector

Citizenships: South Africa

Languages: English

Dates: 1884-02-18T00:00:00Z – 1967-04-12T00:00:00Z

Birth place: Cape Town

Direct attributions: 116 plants, 0 fungi

Authorship mentions: 157 plants, 0 fungi

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116 plants attributed, 41 plants contributed to157 plants:

Protea aristata (Ladismith Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1938

vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea aristata is a compact shrub with beautiful flowers which is endemic to the southwestern part of the Cape Region of South Africa. P. aristata has become one of South Africa's most famous proteas in spite of its relatively late discovery, and re-discovery in 1953. The leaves are soft, dense and needle-like and the flower heads are a stunning crimson red, it may thus be a good potential ornamental plant for South African gardens. It is usually called the Ladismith sugarbush in South African English, although it has been called pine sugar bush in Australia. In the Afrikaans language it has

Leucadendron discolor (Piketberg Conebush) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1912

vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucadendron discolor is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss. In English the plant is known as the Piketberg Conebush and in Afrikaans as the Rooitolbos. L. discolor is a slow growing perennial. Growth of the root system and propagation, from a seed to the plant's first flower, can take up to two years. The male L. discolor 'Sunset' flowers exuberantly during early spring exposing a colorful flower head during this time.The flower head is composed of a dome-like receptacle, and is densely covered

Inezia E.Phillips 1932

plant genus in the asteraceae family

Inezia is a genus of South African plants in the sunflower family.

Protea susannae (Stinkleaf Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea susannae, also known as stink-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub of the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa. Other vernacular names are stink-leaf protea. In the Afrikaans language it is known as stinkblaarsuikerbos. The tree's national number is 98.1. The species can grow up to three metres in height. The plant is monoecious, both sexes occur in each flower. It blooms from April to September. Protea susannae is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. It occurs from Stanford to Stilbaai.

Leucospermum glabrum (Outeniqua Pincushion) E.Phillips 1910

endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucospermum glabrum is an evergreen, rounded, upright shrub of up to 2½ m (8 ft) high, that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has broad inverted egg-shaped leaves with seven to fourteen teeth near their tips, and oval flower heads of about 8 cm (3.2 in) in diameter, with hairy, orange and carmine-coloured flowers from which long styles with a thickened end emerge, giving the flowerhead as a whole the appearance of a pincushion. It flowers between August and October. Its common name is Outeniqua pincushion in English and Outeniekwa-kreupelhout in Afrikaans. It naturally occurs in a

Keetia E.Phillips 1926

plant genus in the rubiaceae family

Keetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of climbers or scrambling shrubs, rarely small trees.

Faurea macnaughtonii (Terblanz) E.Phillips 1912

plant species in the proteaceae family

Faurea macnaughtonii (Terblans beech) is a species of tree in the family Proteaceae. It is found in South Africa and Eswatini, and was named in honour of Colin B. MacNaughton, Conservator of Forests at Knysna during the 1890s.

Drosera alba (White Sundew) E.Phillips 1913

perennial plant species in the droseraceae family

Drosera alba, the white sundew, is a species of carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae. It is endemic to South Africa. Drosera alba is not to be confused with the Drosera capensis cultivar "Alba".

Theilera (Capetrumpets) E.Phillips 1926

plant genus in the campanulaceae family

Theilera is a genus of plants in the Campanulaceae. It contains two known species, both endemic to Cape Province of South Africa. Theilera guthriei (L.Bolus) E.Phillips 1926 Theilera robusta (A.DC.) Cupido 2009

Sesbania dalzielii (Riverhemp) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1921

plant species in the fabaceae family

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Protea simplex (Dwarf Grassveld Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea simplex, the dwarf grassveld sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea. It is native to South Africa. In Afrikaans, it is known as slanksuikerbos.

Protea pityphylla (Ceres Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea pityphylla, also known as Ceres sugarbush or mountain rose (along with a number of similar species), is a flowering shrub of the genus Protea, in the family Proteaceae. The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.

Mimetes stokoei (Mace Pagoda) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1922

critically endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Mimetes stokoei, the mace pagoda, is an evergreen, upright, hardly branching, large shrub of 1–2 m (3–6+1⁄2 ft) high in the family Proteaceae. It has silvery, oval leaves of 5–8 cm (2.0–3.2 in) long and 2+1⁄2–4 cm (1.0–1.6 in) wide, with one large tooth supported by two smaller teeth near the tip, at an upward angle and somewhat overlapping each other. The inflorescences are set just below the growing tip, are cylinder-shaped, 10–12 cm (4–5 in) high, topped by a crest of small, more or less horizontal, pinkish-purple tinged leaves. It consists of several flower heads in the axils of golden

Senecio macrophyllus E.Phillips 1925

plant species in the asteraceae family

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Protea witzenbergiana (Swan Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea witzenbergiana, or Swan sugarbush, is a flowering shrub of the genus Protea.

Protea sulphurea (Sulphur Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea sulphurea, also known as the sulphur sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the genus Protea in the family Proteaceae, which is only known to grow in the wild in the Western Cape province of South Africa. A vernacular name for the plant in the Afrikaans language is heuningkoeksuikerbos or Skaamblom (shy flower) .

Protea stokoei (Pink Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1923

endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea stokoei is a flowering shrub which belongs to the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to South Africa. It is found in the Kogelberg and Greenland mountains around Elgin. The shrub grows upright, grows up to 3.0 metres in height, and blooms from May to October. A fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seed is stored in a cap and spread by the wind. The plant is unisexual. Pollination occurs through the action of birds. The plant grows in moist, peat-like soil at altitudes of 900–1200 m. In English it is known as the pink sugarbush. The tree's national number is 97.5.

Protea scabriuscula (Hoary Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea scabriuscula, also known as the hoary sugarbush or gray sugarbush, is a flowering shrub, endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa. The species was first described by Edwin Percy Phillips in 1910. This plant grows in the form of a bush, which can reach up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Its leaves are narrow, and range in size from 0.5 to 2 cm wide. The small flowerhead only grows up to 6 cm across. The plants' dense stems form a round, cushion-like clump. Protea scabriuscula is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its range is limited to a few localised areas in

Protea decurrens (Linearleaf Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea decurrens, also known as linear-leaf sugarbush, is a shrub of the genus Protea, in the Proteaceae family, which is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa. It is a small shrub with a thick underground rootstock, this structure throwing up numerous leafy branches, upon the base of which clusters of flower heads may appear close to the ground. It is pollinated by rodents and grows in low-altitude fynbos or renosterveld. In the Afrikaans language it is known as the Overbergsesuikerbos.

Protea convexa (Largeleaf Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea convexa, also known as large-leaf sugarbush, is a rare flowering shrub in the genus Protea of the family Proteaceae, which is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.

Protea aspera (Roughleaf Sugarbush) E.Phillips 1910

vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family

Protea aspera, commonly known as rough leaf sugar bush or aardroos suikerbos, is a flowering shrub that belongs to the well-known Protea genus. The plant is endemic to South Africa and is found in the Kleinrivierberge, Bredasdorpberge and Garcia's Pass. The shrub is a dense, root-like plant that forms a mat and grows only 50 cm (20 in) high; it blooms from September to December, peaking in September and October. The plant sprouts again after burning. The seed is released one to two years after flowers are formed and spread through the wind. The plant is unisexual. Pollination may occur

Mimetes saxatilis (Limestone Pagoda) E.Phillips 1911

endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Mimetes saxatilis or limestone pagoda is an evergreen, upright, rarely branching shrub of 1–2¼ m (3⅓–7¼ ft) high, assigned to the family Proteaceae. The approximately oval leaves are 3½–5 cm (1.4–2.0 in) long and 1½–3 cm (0.6–1.2 in) wide with a blunt, thickened, reddish tip or with three crowded teeth. It has cylinder-shaped inflorescences topped by a crest of green leaves, further consisting of heads with 12–22 individual bright yellow flowers, each in the axil of a flat, green leaf. It is an endemic species that is restricted to limestone outcrops in the Agulhas plains in the very south of

Mimetes hottentoticus (Matchstick Pagoda) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1923

vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family

Mimetes hottentoticus is an evergreen, upright shrub of 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft) high from the family Proteaceae. It has silvery, broadly egg-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with three small teeth crowded at the tip. The flower heads and subtending leaves form a cylindric inflorescence, topped with a tuft of smaller, more or less upright silvery or pinkish leaves. Each flowerhead contains 8–12 flowers with conspicuously red styles, that are all parallel, projected straight up, pushing against the leaf subtending the higher flowerhead. The styles end in a short white zone topped by a thick blackish

Leucospermum patersonii (Silver-edged Pincushion) E.Phillips 1928

plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucospermum patersonii is a large evergreen, upright shrub of up to 4 m (13 ft) high that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has large, roundish hairless leaves with three to eight teeths and egg- to globe-shaped, orange flower heads of 8–9 cm (3.1–3.5 in) across. From the center of each flower emerges a long orange style with a thickened tip that is bent to the center of the head, giving the entire head the appearance of a pincushion. It is called silveredge pincushion in English. Flowers can be found between August and December. It is an endemic species limited to the south coast of

Leucospermum muirii (Albertinia Pincushion) E.Phillips 1910

vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucospermum muirii is a rounded, upright, evergreen shrub of about 1+1⁄2 m (4.9 ft) high, with a single trunk at its base, that is assigned to the Proteaceae. The flowering branches are 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) thick and are initially grey due to a covering of fine crinkly hairs, which are soon lost. The very narrow spade-shaped leaves of about 5 cm (2.0 in) long and 3⁄4 cm (0.30 in) wide carry three to seven teeth, and also quickly lose their soft layer of hairs. Its smallish globe-shaped flower heads of 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) in diameter occur with one to four together, each on a stalk of

Leucadendron sorocephalodes (Woolly Conebush) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1912

plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucadendron sorocephalodes, the woolly conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the family Proteaceae. It is part of the South African fynbos vegetation type. The plant is native to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape where it occurs from the Outeniqua Mountains to the Baviaanskloof Mountains. The shrub grows only 30 cm high but 2 m wide and flowers in August. The plant dies after a fire but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and fall out of the toll soil after two months where they are spread by ants. The plant is unisexual and there are separate

Leucadendron nervosum (Silkyruff Conebush) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1912

plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucadendron nervosum, the silky-ruff conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae. It is part of the South Africa fynbos vegetation type. The plant is native to the Western Cape, where it occurs on the Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains and Grootberg in the Langeberg. The shrub grows 1.5 m tall and flowers in September. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and are released after a fire and possibly spread by the wind. The plant is dioecious; there are male and female plants that reproduce by wind

Leucadendron elimense (Elim Conebush) E.Phillips 1937

endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucadendron elimense, the Elim conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub, which belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Leucadendron coriaceum (Rosette Conebush) E.Phillips & Hutch. 1912

endangered plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucadendron coriaceum, the rosette conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae. It is part of the fynbos vegetation type of South Africa. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Leucadendron cordatum (Droopy Conebush) E.Phillips 1917

plant species in the proteaceae family

Leucadendron cordatum, the droopy conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and is rare. It occurs in the Langeberg between Koo and Barrydale as well as the Swartberg near Klaarstroom. The shrub grows 1 m tall and bears flowers from June to July. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and fall to the ground after two months. The plant is unisexual and there are male and female plants. The activities of small towers and small rodents

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