Flowering plants in the order Proteales recorded from South Africa
Proteales is an order of flowering plants consisting of three (or four) families which has been recognized by almost all taxonomists. The representatives of the Proteales can be very different from each other – the order contains plants that do not look alike at all. What they have in common is seeds with little or no endosperm, and the ovules are often atropic. The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms – the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses – as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales.[1]
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[2] Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.[3]
The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[4]
Two families are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.
^Cite error: The named reference Doyle and Donoghue 1986 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Butler 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference PlantZAfrica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Plants 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
and 27 Related for: List of Proteales of South Africa information
Proteales is an order of flowering plants consisting of three (or four) families which has been recognized by almost all taxonomists. The representatives...
24. The genome of king protea has been sequenced and published in 2022, corresponding to the first genome sequenced in the Proteales order. Protea cynaroides...
Geissoloma is a genus of flowering plants in the monotypic family Geissolomataceae, native to the Cape Province ofSouthAfrica. Geissoloma marginatum...
grain of Arabis, showing three colpi The basal eudicots are a group of 13 related families of flowering plants in four orders: Buxales, Proteales, Ranunculales...
genus ofSouthAfrican flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos). It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family. About 92% of the...
order Proteales. Well-known Proteaceae genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea, Hakea, and Macadamia. Species such as the New South Wales...
species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, endemic to SouthAfrica. It is known by the common names of blushing bride or pride of Franschhoek...
to the south coast of the Western Cape province ofSouthAfrica. The silveredge pincushion is a large, rounded shrub or sometimes a small tree of up to...
(2020-11-10). "Toward the identification of a phytocannabinoid-like compound in the flowers of a SouthAfrican medicinal plant (Leonotis leonurus)". BMC...
or blousuikerbos, is a large, slow-growing Protea endemic to SouthAfrica. It is one of the few Protea species that grows into trees, and the only one...
Sunshine Conebush". National Assessment: Red ListofSouthAfrican Plants version 2017.1. SouthAfrican National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Retrieved...
southwest of the Western Cape province ofSouthAfrica. The Catherina-wheel pincushion is an evergreen, initially upright, but later spreading shrub of up to...
some time, they were the world's largest producer. SouthAfrica has been the world's largest producer of the macadamia since the 2010s. The German-Australian...
Leucadendron discolor is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces ofSouthAfrica. It is threatened by habitat loss...
(10 June 2019). "Mountain-rose Sugarbush". Red ListofSouthAfrican Plants. version 2020.1. SouthAfrican National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 17...
is one of the best known proteas in the cut flower industry. Its leaves curve upward. This is a popular local market cut flower in SouthAfrica, where...
Protea eximia, the broad-leaved sugarbush, is a shrub from SouthAfrica that may become a small tree. It occurs in mountain fynbos on mainly acidic sandy...
several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana. It is among the basal families within the Poales...
(10 June 2019). "Narrow-leaved Sugarbush". Red ListofSouthAfrican Plants. version 2020.1. SouthAfrican National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 20...
conebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is native to the southern Cape Provinces ofSouthAfrica. Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali...
Australia and in SouthAfrica, New Zealand, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Jamaica and Florida. It is regarded as a weed in parts of New South Wales and Victoria...
Global Information