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Proteaceae

477 species · Plants

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Protea humiflora Andrews

Protea humiflora (patentleaf sugarbush) is an endemic South African flowering shrub in the Protea genus.

Protea subulifolia (Knight) Rourke

Protea subulifolia, the awl-leaf sugarbush, is a native Western Cape flowering shrub in the Protea genus.

Protea gaguedi J.F.Gmel.

Protea gaguedi J.F.Gmel. is a small African tree found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, often growing on rocky ground.

Protea pudens Rourke

Protea pudens Rourke is a prostrate flowering shrub endemic to a small area of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Protea angustata R.Br.

Protea angustata is a rare, fire-resistant, long-lived dwarf shrub endemic to coastal Western Cape, South Africa.

Protea laevis R.Br.

Protea laevis R.Br. is a prostrate endemic shrub from South Africa’s Western Cape that survives wildfires via fire-resistant seeds.

Protea cryophila Bolus

Protea cryophila is an endemic unisexual flowering shrub from the Cederberg, pollinated by rodents and surviving fire via wind-dispersed seeds.

Protea lorea R.Br.

Protea lorea R.Br. is a low mat-forming flowering shrub endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, that grows in fynbos habitat.

Protea angolensis Welw.

Protea angolensis Welw. is a protea species with several recognized varieties native to several southern and central African countries.

Protea madiensis Engl.

Tall woodland sugarbush (Protea madiensis) is a common African flowering shrub native to Sub-Saharan montane grasslands.

Protea rubropilosa Beard

Protea rubropilosa Beard is a South African endemic monoecious tree protea pollinated by birds whose seeds survive wildfires.

Protea acuminata Sims

Protea acuminata is a flowering endemic South African shrub assessed as a least concern species.

Protea nana (P.J.Bergius) Thunb.

Protea nana is a small endemic South African protea shrub adapted to fynbos, with rodent and insect pollination, and good cut flower qualities.

Protea canaliculata Andrews

Protea canaliculata is a shrub endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, that survives wildfires via stored wind-dispersed seeds.

Protea witzenbergiana E.Phillips

Protea witzenbergiana is a spreading flowering shrub endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa, that grows on mountain slopes.

Protea grandiceps Tratt.

Protea grandiceps Tratt. is a fire-killed, bird-pollinated rounded shrub endemic to mountainous regions of South Africa.

Protea denticulata Rourke

Protea denticulata, the tooth-leaf sugarbush, is a 1m-tall Proteaceae shrub native to southwestern South Africa.

Protea piscina Rourke

Protea piscina (Visgat sugarbush) is a Proteaceae shrub endemic to South Africa’s southwestern Cape Provinces.

Protea scorzonerifolia (Knight) Rycroft

Protea scorzonerifolia, the channel-leaf sugarbush, is an endemic South African Protea shrub extinct on the Cape Peninsula.

Agastachys odorata R.Br.

Agastachys odorata, the fragrant candlebush or white waratah, is an evergreen Proteaceae shrub endemic to wet areas of Tasmania.

Symphionema montanum R.Br.

Symphionema montanum R.Br. is a shrub endemic to New South Wales, eastern Australia, authored by Robert Brown.

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Platanaceae 6 species Nelumbonaceae 2 species Sabiaceae 2 species

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