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Description
Family Proteaceae
Trees
or shrubs
. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled
, simple
or variously divided
. Inflorescences axillary
, ramiflorous
, cauliflorous
, or terminal
, simple or rarely compound
, with flowers borne laterally either in pairs or sometimes singly, racemose, sometimes spicate
, paniculate
, or condensed into a head
; bracts subtending
flower pairs usually small, sometimes accrescent
and woody; floral
bracts usually minute or absent. Flowers bisexual
or rarely unisexual
and dioecious, actinomorphic
or zygomorphic. Perianth segments (3 or) 4(or 5), valvate
, usually tubular
in bud; limb short, variously split at anthesis
. Stamens 4, opposite perianth segments; filaments
usually adnate
to perianth and not distinct
; anthers
basifixed
, usually 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent
, connective
often prolonged. Hypogynous glands
4 (or 1-3 or absent), free
or variously connate
. Ovary superior, 1-loculed, sessile or stipitate
; ovules 1 or 2(or more), pendulous, laterally or basally, rarely subapically attached. Style terminal, simple, often apically clavate
; stigma terminal or lateral
, mostly small. Fruit a follicle, achene, or drupe or drupaceous
. Seeds 1 or 2(or few to many), sometimes winged
; endosperm absent (or vestigial) ; embryo usually straight; cotyledons thin or thick and fleshy
; radicle short, inferior.
About 80 genera and ca.
1700 species: mostly in tropics and subtropics, especially in S Africa and Australia: three genera (one introduced
) and 25 species (12 endemic, two introduced) in China.
The family
is subdivided into Bellendenoideae, Caranarvonioideae, Eidotheoideae, Grevilleoideae, Persoonioideae, Proteoideae, and Sphalmioideae; all Chinese genera belong to Grevilleoideae. Grevillea robusta is grown extensively as a street tree in S China, especially in Yunnan.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- 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
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- proteas
- Subfamily:
Grevilleoideae
()
- Tribe:
Embothrieae
()
- Genus:
Hakea
()
- H.A. Schrader, 1798
- Specific epithet:
cunninghamii
- R.Br.
- Botanical name: - Hakea cunninghamii R.Br.
- Specific epithet:
cunninghamii
- R.Br.
- Genus:
Hakea
(
- Tribe:
Embothrieae
(
- Subfamily:
Grevilleoideae
(
- Family:
Proteaceae
(
- Order:
Proteales
(
- Superorder:
Proteanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : R.Br. Publication : Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae - Suppl. 1 1830
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hakea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
H. cucullata (Scallop Hakea) · H. cycloptera (Elm-Seed Hakea) · H. dactyloides (Finger Hakea) · H. decurrens (Hakea) · H. drupacea (Sweet Scented Pincushion Tree) · H. epiglottis (White Hakea) · H. eriantha (Tree Hakea) · H. flabellifolia (Wedge-Leaf Hakea) · H. laurina (Pincushion Hakea) · H. lissosperma (Hakea) · H. microcarpa (Small-Fruited Hakea) · H. nodosa (Yellow Hakea) · H. petiolaris (Sea Urchin Hakea) · H. purpurea (Hakea) · H. rostrata (Beaked Pincushion Tree) · H. salicifolia (Willow-Leaved Hakea) · H. sericea (Bushy Needlebush) · H. ulicina (Furze Hakea) · H. victoriae (Royal Hakea)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10771210
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15800588
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704172-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 704172-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1382919
Footnotes
- Huaxing Qiu & Peter H. Weston "Proteaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 192. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
