article Related Topics:
Protean :: Proteaceae :: Protea
 

This article is about the plant genus. For further uses see Protea (disambiguation)

Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of flowering plants. The genus is very well known especially for the South African species: the South African (English) name is "sugarbush". In South Africa they are prominent in the fynbos region.

Classification

Within the large family Proteaceae, they are a member of the subfamily Proteoideae, which has both southern African and Australian members.

Species

(listed by section: a section has a name in two parts, consisting of the genus name and an epithet).

 

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the "Protea".

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