Proteaceae

Plantes proteàcies de Sud Àfrica

Proteaceae plants of South Africa

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Les proteàcies (Proteaceae) són una família de Angiospermes de l'ordre Proteales. Consta de 80 gèneres i unes 2000 espècies, que es distribueixen per l'hemisferi sud, ocupant àrees d'origen Gondwana i els seus fragments. La major concentració de diversitat de tàxons es troba a Austràlia i Àfrica del Sud.

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.
Proteaceae are mainly a southern hemisphere family, with its main centres of diversity in Australia and South Africa. It also occurs in Central Africa, South and Central America, India, eastern and south-eastern Asia, and Oceania. Only two species are known from New Zealand although fossil pollen evidence suggests there were more previously.