Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genera but fewer than 2000 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales.
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| File:Protea cynaroides 3.jpg | |
| Inflorescence of Protea cynaroides | |
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| Family: | Proteaceae |
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About 80, see text | |
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Subfamilies
Traditionally divided in two subfamilies:Persoonioideae and Grevilleoideae. Recently, workers have recognized seven subfamilies:
- Persoonioideae,
- Bellendenoideae,
- Eidotheoideae,
- Proteoideae,
- Sphalmioideae,
- Carnarvonioideae
- Grevilleoideae
Proteaceae Media
- Woorikee2000.jpg
Isopogon anemonifolius
- Banksia coccinea (Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae plate 3).jpg
Flowers, leaves and fruit of Banksia coccinea, from Ferdinand Bauer's 1813 flora Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae
- Rhopala heterophylla Pohl90.png
Plate from book
- Pincushion hakea03.jpg
Inflorescence and leaves of the pin-cushion hakea (Hakea laurina)
- Protea caffra IMG 2758.JPG
Inflorescence of Protea caffra
- Brabejum stellatifolium seed.jpg
Fruit of Brabejum stellatifolium
- Leucadendron argenteum close.jpg
- MacNut2.JPG
Edible nuts of Macadamia
- Hakea purpurea.JPG
- Hakeapurpurea
- Lambertia multiflora.jpg
Lambertia uniflora? (labelled as Lambertia multiflora) Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia