Proteaceae

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.

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

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 Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
• toxicosis in dogs
• Phylogeny, biogeography, and the evolution of life-history traits in Leucadendron (Proteaceae)