Called “Proteas” in GBIF
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Australia and South Africa have the greatest concentrations of diversity. Together with the Platanaceae, Nelumbonaceae and in the recent APG IV system the Sabiaceae, they make up the order Proteales. Well-known Proteaceae genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea, Hakea, and Macadamia. Species such as the New South Wales waratah, king protea, and various species of Banksia, Grevillea, and Leucadendron are popular cut flowers. The nuts of Macadamia integrifolia are widely grown commercially and consumed, as are those of Gevuina avellana on a smaller scale.
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With one plant each: Banksia (Banksia attenuata), Macadamia (Macadamia).
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Scientists discovered that a Western Australian shrub called Banksia attenuata attracts nocturnal beetles as its most frequent pollinators using two unusual scent compounds, showing beetles play a bigger role in native plant pollination than previously realized.
Rice and macadamia, two crops grown across tropical and subtropical regions, turn out to be nutritionally complementary at the...
Macadamia nuts in your grocery store could become harder to find and more expensive as this newly characterized disease...
