Proteaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 78. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (as "Proteae") (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • Plana, V. & Prance, G.T. (2004). A synopsis of the South American genus Euplassa (Proteaceae). Kew Bull. 59:27-45.
  • Prance, G.T. & Plana, V. (1998). The American Proteaceae.  Australian Systematic Botany 11: 287-299.
  • Prance, G.T., Edwards, K.S., Plana, V. & Pennington, R.T. (2008). Proteaceae. Flora Neotropica Monograph 100, 250 pages.
  • Sleumer, H. (1954). Proteaceae americanae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76(2): 139-211.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Foreman, D.B. (1995). Proteaceae. Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea 3: 221–270.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings & Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Sleumer, H. (1955). Proteaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 5: 147–208.
  • Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. (2006). A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11: 314–344.
  • Weston, P.H. & Crisp, M.D. (1991). Alloxylon (Proteaceae), a new genus from New Guinea and eastern Australia. Telopea 4: 497–507.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Christenhusz, M. J. M., Fay, M. F. & Chase, M. W. (2017). Plants of the World, an Illustrated Encylopedia of Vascular Plants. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; University of Chicago Press.
  • Manning, J. (2007). Field Guide to Fynbos: 246–274. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
  • Weston P. H. (2007). Proteaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, IX: 364–404. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Briggs, M; Simbiak, V.; Paiki, T. [627] Indonesia K:SPC-66871.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [94] Indonesia K:SPC-70099.000 No
Melville, R. [159] Australia K:SPC-35440.000 No
Johns, R.J. [10087] K:SPC-71231.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0