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Proteales

Called “Proteas, Lotuses, Planes, And Allies” in GBIF

Proteales is an order of flowering plants consisting of three families. The Proteales have been recognized by almost all taxonomists.

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2,427
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
231
genera in GBIF
Source: GBIF
4
plants on Plant News
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Plants in this order

4 plants

Families in this order

Also here, with one plant each: Nelumbonaceae (Sacred Lotus), Platanaceae (Plane tree).

Research on Proteales

5 articles

What science is finding about Proteales

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this order, newest first.

Night beetles are secret star pollinators of this Banksia shrub

If you grow banksias or walk through Australian bushland at night, the flowers you assumed were pollinated only by birds are...

Banksia attenuata pollinators / native-plants

Blending rice and macadamia proteins creates a smoother, more functional food ingredient

Rice and macadamia, two crops grown across tropical and subtropical regions, turn out to be nutritionally complementary at the...

Macadamia crop-improvement / plant-protein

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination, Human Health Risks and Phytoremediation Potential of Lotus Plant (Nelumbo nucifera) from Vellayani Lake, South India.

Lotus plants grown in polluted ponds — including ornamental water gardens — can accumulate toxic heavy metals in their...

Sacred Lotus phytoremediation / water-quality

Etiology of rachis tip dieback of macadamia flowers in Australia.

Macadamia nuts in your grocery store could become harder to find and more expensive as this newly characterized disease...

Macadamia crop-improvement / fungal-pathogens