#order_Proteales__Proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae
supertype: plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: class_Dicotyledones
member: family_Proteaceae__Proteaceae__protea_family large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
member: Bartle_Frere__genus_Bartle-Frere__green_dinosaur__greendinosaur a living fossil or so-called "green dinosaur": genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named
member: genus_Protea type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs
member: protea any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
member: honeypot__king_protea__Protea_cynaroides South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup- or goblet-shaped resembling globe artichokes
member: Protea_mellifera__honeyflower Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
member: genus_Banksia important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers
member: banksia any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
member: genus_Conospermum__Conospermum Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush
member: smoke_bush__smokebush any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
member: genus_Embothrium__Embothrium small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
member: Chilean_firebush__Chilean_flameflower__Embothrium_coccineum grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes
member: genus_Guevina__Guevina 1 species: Chilean nut
member: Chilean_nut__Chile_nut__Chile_hazel__Chilean_hazelnut__Guevina_heterophylla__Guevina_avellana Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
member: genus_Grevillea large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers
member: grevillea any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea
member: silk_oak any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering
member: silver_oak__Grevillela_parallela small slender tree with usually entire gray-green pendulous leaves and white or cream flowers; northern Australia
member: silky_oak__silkyoak__Grevillea_robusta medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
member: genus_Hakea__Hakea Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
member: cushion_flower__cushionflower__pincushion_hakea__Hakea_laurina tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
member: needlewood__needle_wood__Hakea_leucoptera large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
member: needlebush__needle_bush__Hakea_lissosperma shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
member: genus_Knightia__Knightia small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia
member: rewa-rewa__New-Zealand_honeysuckle slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
member: genus_Lambertia__Lambertia small genus of Australian shrubs
member: honeyflower__mountain_devil__Lambertia_formosa erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
member: genus_Leucadendron__Leucadendron large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
member: silver_tree__Leucadendron_argenteum small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
member: genus_Lomatia small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes
member: lomatia any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers
member: genus_Macadamia trees or shrubs; madagascar to Australia
member: macadamia_tree__macadamiatree__macadamia any tree of the genus Macadamia
member: Macadamia_integrifolia medium-sized tree of eastern Australia having creamy-white flowers
member: macadamia_nut_tree__macadamianuttree__macadamia_nut__macadamianut__Macadamia_ternifolia small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
member: Queensland_nut__Macadamia_tetraphylla bushy tree with pink to purple flowers
member: genus_Orites__Orites small genus of Australian shrubs or trees
member: Orites_excelsa__prickly_ash__pricklyash Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
member: genus_Persoonia__Persoonia Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs
member: geebung any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits
member: genus_Stenocarpus__Stenocarpus small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia
member: wheel_tree__wheeltree__firewheel_tree__firewheeltree__Stenocarpus_sinuatus eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
member: scrub_beefwood__scrubbeefwood__beefwood__Stenocarpus_salignus tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood
member: genus_Telopea__Telopea Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs
member: Telopea_Oreades__waratah tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
member: waratah__Telopea_speciosissima straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
member: genus_Xylomelum__Xylomelum small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers
member: native_pear__woody_pear__woodypear__Xylomelum_pyriforme tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
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