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plant genus
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  • fynbos in the Cape floristic region
    fynbos

    and proteoids, especially Leucadendron and Protea. The flowers of this extraordinarily diverse flora are pollinated by both insects (but few butterflies) and nectar-eating birds, such as sunbirds (Nectarina) and the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer)—animals with which the proteoids have coevolved. Seed dispersal by ants occurs in an unusually

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    and proteoids, especially Leucadendron and Protea. The flowers of this extraordinarily diverse flora are pollinated by both insects (but few butterflies) and nectar-eating birds, such as sunbirds (Nectarina) and the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer)—animals with which the proteoids have coevolved. Seed dispersal by ants occurs in an unusually

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