Proteaceae

Proteaceae
Inflorescence of Protea cynaroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae Juss.
Genera
About 80, see text

Banks' Grevillea

female cone of Leucadendron

Grevillea a street tree

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

Traditionally divided in two subfamilies:Persoonioideae and Grevilleoideae. Recently, workers have recognized seven subfamilies:

• Persoonioideae,
• Bellendenoideae,
• Eidotheoideae,
• Proteoideae,
• Sphalmioideae,
• Carnarvonioideae
• Grevilleoideae

Other websites

• Protea family
• toxicosis in dogs
• Phylogeny, biogeography, and the evolution of life-history traits in Leucadendron (Proteaceae)