family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

coextensive with the family Proteaceae

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

type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs

important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers

Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush

coextensive with the family Proteaceae

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

type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs

important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers

Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush