Proteaceae
Inflorescence of Protea cynaroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae Juss.
Genera
About 80, see text

Banks' Grevillea

female cone of Leucadendron

Grevillea a street tree

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genera but fewer than 2000 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. view more...