Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition


Family Profile
Proteaceae
Family Description

A family of about 80 genera and more than 1615 species, pantropic but extending into temperate areas in the southern hemisphere. South Africa and Australia are centres of diversity; 47 genera occur naturally in Australia.

Genera

Alloxylon - A genus of four species in New Guinea and Australia; three species occur naturally in Australia. Crisp & Weston (1995); Francis (1970); Weston & Crisp (1991); Weston & Barker (2006).

Athertonia - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Johnson & Briggs (1975); Weston (1995c); Weston & Barker (2006).

Austromuellera - A genus of two species endemic to Australia. White (1930); Weston & Barker (2006).

Banksia - A genus of more than 70 species in New Guinea and Australia; all species occur naturally in Australia. George (1981); Weston & Barker (2006).

Bleasdalea - A genus of two species in New Guinea and Australia; one species occurs naturally in Australia. Smith & Haas (1975); Weston (1995a); Weston & Barker (2006).

Buckinghamia - A genus of two species endemic to Australia. Foreman & Hyland (1988, 1995); Weston & Barker (2006).

Cardwellia - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Francis (1970); Hyland (1995c); Weston & Barker (2006).

Carnarvonia - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Douglas (1996); Francis (1970); Hyland (1995a); Weston & Barker (2006).

Catalepidia - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Weston (1995d); Weston & Barker (2006).

Darlingia - A genus of two species endemic to Australia. Francis (1970); Hyland (1995b); Johnson (1962); Weston & Barker (2006).

Eidothea - A genus of two species endemic to Australia. Douglas & Hyland (1995); Weston & Kooyman (2002); Weston & Barker (2006).

Grevillea - A genus of about 362 species in east Malesia, Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu; about 250 species occur naturally in Australia. Bailey (1901); Harden et al. (2014); Makinson (2000); McGillivray (1986, 1993); Weston (2007); Weston & Barker (2006).

Helicia - A genus of about 90 species in Asia, Japan, Taiwan, Malesia, Australia and the Pacific islands; nine species occur naturally in Australia. Foreman (1983, 1986, 1995c); Weston & Barker (2006).

Hicksbeachia - A genus of two species endemic to Australia. Weston (1988, 1995b); Weston & Barker (2006).

Hollandaea - A genus of four species endemic to Australia. Hyland, (1995d); Smith (1956); Weston & Barker (2006); Ford & Weston (2012).

Lasjia - A genus of five species in eastern Malesia, New Guinea and Australia, previously included in Macadamia. Gross (1995); Gross & Hyland (1993); Smith (1956); Mast, A.R., et al (2008); Weston & Barker (2006).

Lomatia - A genus of 12 species in Australia and South America; nine species occur naturally in Australia. Francis (1970); Wilson et al. (1995); Weston & Barker (2006).

Megahertzia - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. George & Hyland (1995b); Weston & Barker (2006).

Musgravea - A genus of two species endemic to Australia. Francis (1970); Smith (1969); Weston & Barker (2006).

Neorites - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Hewson (1995b); Smith (1969); Weston & Barker (2006).

Nothorites - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Mast et al (2008); Weston & Barker (2006).

Opisthiolepis - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Foreman (1995b); Smith (1952); Weston & Barker (2006).

Orites - A genus of nine or ten species in Australia and South America; seven or eight species occur naturally in Australia. George & Hyland (1995a); White (1933); Weston & Barker (2006).

Persoonia - A genus of 98 species, all endemic to Australia. Harden et al. (2014); Weston (1995); Weston (2007).

Placospermum - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Weston (1995a); White & Francis (1924); Weston & Barker (2006).

Sphalmium - A monotypic genus endemic to Australia. Briggs et al. (1975); Hewson (1995a); Weston & Barker (2006).

Stenocarpus - A genus of about 25 species in New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia; nine species occur naturally in Australia. Foreman (1995a); Foreman & Hyland (1988); Weston & Barker (2006).

Triunia - A genus of four species endemic to Australia. Foreman (1987, 1995d); Weston & Barker (2006).

References

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Briggs, B.G., Hyland, B.P.M. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1975). Sphalmium a distinctive new genus of Proteaceae from north Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23:165-172.

Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. (1995). Alloxylon. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 383-386.

Douglas, A.W. (1996). Inflorescence and floral development of Carnarvonia (Proteaceae). Telopea 6:749-774.

Douglas, A.W. & Hyland, B.P.M. (1995). Subfam. 3. Eidotheoideae. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 127-128.

Ford, A.J. & Weston, P.H. (2012), A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F.Muell. (Proteaceae). Austrobaileya 8(4): 670-687.

Foreman, D.B. (1983). A review of the genus Helicia Lour. (Proteaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 6:59-72.

Foreman, D.B. (1986). A new species of Helicia, new combinations and lectotypification in Triunia (Proteaceae) from Australia. Muelleria 6:193-196.

Foreman, D.B. (1987). New species of Xylomelum Sm. & Triunia Johnson and Briggs (Proteaceae). Muelleria 6:299-305.

Foreman, D.B. (1995a). Stenocarpus. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 363-369.

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Foreman, D.B. (1995d). Triunia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 404-407.

Foreman, D.B. & Hyland B.P.M. (1988). New species of Buckinghamia F.Muell. and Stenocarpus R.Br. (Proteaceae) from northern Queensland. Muelleria 6:417-424.

Foreman, D.B. & Hyland, B.P. M. (1995). Buckinghamia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 371-373.

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George, A.S. (1981). The genus Banksia L. f. (Proteaceae). Nuytsia 3:239-473.

George, A.S. & Hyland, B.P.M. (1995a). Orites. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 346-352.

George, A.S. & Hyland, B.P.M. (1995b). Megahertzia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 355.

Gross, C.L. (1995). Macadamia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 419-425.

Gross, C.L. & Hyland, B.P.M. (1993). Two new species of Macadamia (Proteaceae), from North Queensland. Australian Systematic Botany 6:343-350.

Harden, G.J., Nicholson, H.R.W., McDonald, W.J.F., Nicholson, N.J., Tame, T. & Williams, J. (2014). Rainforest Plants of Australia. Rockhampton to Victoria. Gwen Harden Publishing.

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Hewson, H.J. (1995b). Neorites. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 352-353.

Hyland, B.P.M. (1995a). Carnarvonia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 343-345.

Hyland, B.P.M. (1995b). Darlingia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 356-357.

Hyland, B.P.M. (1995c). Cardwellia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), p. 359.

Hyland, B.P.M. (1995d). Hollandaea. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 391-393.

Johnson, L.A.S. (1962). Taxonomic notes on Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3:93-102.

Johnson, L.A.S. & Briggs, B.G. (1975). On the Proteaceae - the evolution and classification of a southern family. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 70:83-182.

Johnson, L.A.S. & Briggs, B.G. (1983). Proteaceae. In Morley, B.D. & Toelken, H.R. (Eds) 'Flowering Plants in Australia.' (Rigby Publishers: Adelaide.), pp. 238-244.

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 364.

Mast, A.R., Willis, C.L., Jones, E.H., Downs, K.M. & Weston, P.H. (2008) A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95(7): 865

McGillivray, D.J. (1986). 'New names in Grevillea (Proteaceae)'. (Published by the author: Castle Hill, NSW.), 16 pp.

McGillivray, D.J. (1993). 'Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision.' (Melbourne University Press: Carlton.), 465 pp.

Rao, C.V. (1957). Cytotaxonomy of the Proteaceae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82:257-271.

Rao, C.V. (1971). 'Proteaceae.' Botanical Monograph No. 6, (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: New Delhi.), 208 pp.

Sleumer, H. (1955). Studies in Old World Proteaceae. Blumea 8:2-95.

Smith, A.C. & Haas, J.E. (1975). Studies of Pacific island plants. XXIX. Bleasdalea and related genera of Proteaceae. American Journal of Botany 62:133-147.

Smith, L.S. (1952). Opisthiolepis, a new genus of Proteaceae from Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 62:79-81.

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Weston, P.H. (1995c). Athertonia. In 'Flora of Australia.' Vol. 16, (CSIRO Australia: Melbourne.), pp. 413-415.

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