Family · Other eudicots
Proteaceae
Proteas, banksia, macadamia
Protea family: mostly Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees with clustered flowers and often leathery leaves; includes the edible macadamia nut.
- Accepted species
- 1,871accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 75accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈46 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
Open Proteaceae in the treePan, zoom and dig into its genera in the interactive view.›
Plants you might know
- Protea
- Banksia
- Grevillea
- Macadamia
Largest genera
Grevillea397 spp.
Banksia183 spp.
Hakea154 spp.
Helicia113 spp.
Persoonia107 spp.
Protea107 spp.
Leucadendron85 spp.
Petrophile66 spp.
Serruria58 spp.
Synaphea56 spp.
Conospermum52 spp.
Leucospermum48 spp.
Roupala45 spp.
Isopogon41 spp.
Adenanthos36 spp.
Panopsis27 spp.
Stenocarpus23 spp.
Euplassa21 spp.
Spatalla20 spp.
Paranomus18 spp.
Faurea15 spp.
Heliciopsis14 spp.
Beauprea13 spp.
Mimetes13 spp.
Lomatia12 spp.
Lambertia11 spp.
Sorocephalus11 spp.
Kermadecia8 spp.
Orites8 spp.
Virotia8 spp.
Diastella7 spp.
Stirlingia7 spp.
Lasjia6 spp.
Xylomelum6 spp.
Telopea5 spp.
Alloxylon4 spp.
Finschia4 spp.
Hollandaea4 spp.
Macadamia4 spp.
Triunia4 spp.
Vexatorella4 spp.
Aulax3 spp.
Austromuellera2 spp.
Bleasdalea2 spp.
Buckinghamia2 spp.
Darlingia2 spp.
Dilobeia2 spp.
Eidothea2 spp.
Eucarpha2 spp.
Franklandia2 spp.
Hicksbeachia2 spp.
Musgravea2 spp.
Agastachys1 spp.
Athertonia1 spp.
Beaupreopsis1 spp.
Bellendena1 spp.
Brabejum1 spp.
Cardwellia1 spp.
Carnarvonia1 spp.
Catalepidia1 spp.
The 15 smaller genera are in the interactive tree.
Where it grows
- Australasia1,192
- Africa392
- Asia-Tropical123
- Southern America100
- Pacific54
- Asia-Temperate24
- Northern America2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Proteaceae sits in the order Proteales.