Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Macadamieae is a member of the Subfamily Grevilleoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Macadamieae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Proteanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Proteales
Dumortier, 1829
- Family: Proteaceae
(pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
- Tribe: Macadamieae
- Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
- Family: Proteaceae
(pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Proteales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Proteanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Macadamieae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (11): Brabejum · Cardwellia · Euplassa · Floydia · Gevuina · Heliciopsis · Kermadecia · Macadamia · Malagasia · Panopsis · Virotia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 134 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Macadamieae.
Genera
Brabejum
Cardwellia
Euplassa
Euplassa is a genus of in family Proteaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Floydia
Floydia is a species of tree in the family Proteaceae native to Australia. It is a somewhat rare tree found only growing in the rainforests of southeastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. The sole species is Floydia praealta and is commonly known as the ball nut or possum nut. [more]
Gevuina
Heliciopsis
Heliciopsis is a genus of plant in family Proteaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Kermadecia
Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in family Proteaceae. The genus comprises four species, all endemic to New Caledonia as follows: [more]
Macadamia
Macadamia is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, with a disjunct distribution native to eastern Australia (seven species), New Caledonia (one species M. neurophylla) and Sulawesi in Indonesia (one species, M. hildebrandii). [more]
Malagasia
Panopsis
Virotia
Virotia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. [more]
More info about the Genus Virotia may be found here.
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