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Proteaceae

The Proteaceae /ˌproʊtiˈeɪsiː/ form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Australia and South Africa have the greatest concentrations of diversity. Together with the Platanaceae (plane trees), Nelumbonaceae (the sacred lotus) and in the recent APG…

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Etymology

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Description

Flowers

Ecology

Distribution

Phytochemistry

Uses and cultivation

Parasites

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Fossils

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Proteaceae

Nodes346
Edges345
Triples219
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00578
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related to References · 33
Proteaceae → Australian Journal, Australian Systematic Botany, Berlín, Bibcode, Botany, Brown, BT9630001, Chromosome, Dallwitz, Douglas, Editor, Eudicots, Flowering Plants, Genera, Hoot, ISBN, IX, January, July, Jussieu Proceedings
related to Taxonomy · 31
Proteaceae → Antoine Laurent, APG, APG II, Barbara Briggs, Barker, Bellendenoideae, Firmly, First, French, Furthermore, Grevilleoideae, In, It, Jussieu, Lawrie Johnson, Linnaean, Macadamia, Macadamieae, Mast, Nigel Barker
related to Uses and cultivation · 27
Proteaceae → Aboriginal Australians, Australia, Banksia, British Isles, Chile, Chilean, Embothrium, Gevuina, Grevillea, Hakea, Helicia, It, Java, Leucadendron, Macadamia, Many, New Zealand, Pacific, Persoonia, Portugal
related to Ecology · 20
Proteaceae → Aulax, Australian, Dilobeia, Due, Hakea, Heliciopsis, However, Just, Leucadendron, Lomatia, Many, Nectar-feeders, Phytophthora, Pollination, Some, Some African, The, There, These, They
related to Fossils · 20
Proteaceae → Africa, Australia, Campanian-Maastrichtian, Cenomanian-Turonian, Cenozoic, Eidothea, Fossils, Gondwana, Identification, Middle Cretaceous, New Zealand, Palaeocene, Peru, South America, Tasmania, The, The Proteaceae, Triorites, Upper Cretaceous, Xylocaryon
related to Distribution · 19
Proteaceae → Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Central Africa, Central America, Cretaceous, Evidence, Gondwana, Gondwanan, India, It, New Zealand, Oceania, Only, South, South Africa, South Island, Southern Hemisphere, The
related to Conservation status · 16
Proteaceae → As, Banksia, Bushfires, Conservation, Faurea, Grevillea, International Union, IUCN Red List, Leucadendron, Nature, Panopsis, Persoonia, Roupala, Sorocephalus, Stenocarpus, The
related to Description · 11
Proteaceae → Banksia, Bellendena, Brachy-paracytic, Embothrium, Indumentum, Leaves, Some, Stirlingia, Synaphea, The, This
related to Parasites · 10
Proteaceae → Armillaria, Botryosphaeria, Botrytis, Calonectria, Fusarium, Mediterranean, Other, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia, The Proteaceae
related to Etymology · 9
Proteaceae → Antoine Laurent, Carl Linnaeus, Greek, Jussieu, Protea, Proteae, Proteus, Robert Brown, The

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species flowers plants family genera usually many south protea trees pollen australia sometimes banksia grevillea fruit rarely new leucadendron macadamia

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Proteaceaeis afairly large one0.90text
Proteaceaeis acompound pseudanthium0.90text
the New South Wales waratahinstance ofSpecies0.80text
protandryinstance ofmany Proteaceae counter this with strategies0.80text
self-incompatibilityinstance ofmany Proteaceae counter this with strategies0.80text
or preferential abortion of selfed seedinstance ofmany Proteaceae counter this with strategies0.80text
decorationinstance ofThe wood from the trees of this family is widely used in construction and for internal uses0.80text
droughtsinstance ofcompetition with invasive species and threats associated with climate change0.80text
floodsinstance ofcompetition with invasive species and threats associated with climate change0.80text
inappropriate fire regimesinstance ofcompetition with invasive species and threats associated with climate change0.80text
some Banksiainstance ofdisallowing regeneration of fire-dependent species0.80text
Leucadendron speciesinstance ofdisallowing regeneration of fire-dependent species0.80text

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