04 January 2010

Australian Native Flora - Protaceae


My First Entry to 2010


Happy New Year Luis Santilli Jr and your Wonderful Team! Thank You Very Much!!!


There's more flowers here in Today's Flowers with TF Team on Board: Santilli - Denise - Pupo - Valkyrien

Linda




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. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea, Hakea, Dryandra and Macadamia. Species such as the New South Wales Waratah (Telopea speciosissima), King Protea (Protea cynaroides), and various species of Banksia, Grevillea, and Leucodendron are popular cut flowers, while the nuts of Macadamia integrifolia are widely commercially grown and consumed.

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