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Proteaceae - large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
family Proteaceae, protea family
dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
order proteales, proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae
bartle frere, genus bartle-frere, green dinosaur a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named
genus protea type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs
genus banksia important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers
conospermum, genus conospermum Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush
embothrium, genus embothrium small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
genus guevina, guevina one species: Chilean nut
genus grevillea large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers
genus hakea, hakea Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
genus knightia, knightia small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia
genus lambertia, lambertia small genus of Australian shrubs
genus leucadendron, leucadendron large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
genus lomatia small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes
genus macadamia trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia
genus orites, orites small genus of Australian shrubs or trees
genus persoonia, persoonia Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs
genus stenocarpus, stenocarpus small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia
genus telopea, telopea Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs
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