Proteaceae
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| Proteaceae | |
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| Inflorescence of Protea cynaroides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae Juss. |
| Genera | |
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About 80, see text |
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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.
Subfamilies [change]
Traditionally divided in two subfamilies:Persoonioideae and Grevilleoideae. Recently, workers have recognized seven subfamilies:
- Persoonioideae,
- Bellendenoideae,
- Eidotheoideae,
- Proteoideae,
- Sphalmioideae,
- Carnarvonioideae
- Grevilleoideae
Other websites [change]
- Protea family
- toxicosis in dogs
- Phylogeny, biogeography, and the evolution of life-history traits in Leucadendron (Proteaceae)
