Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants, chiefly native to the Southern Hemisphere. It includes proteas, banksias, grevilleas, and many other genera.

Proteales: Proteales is an order of flowering plants that includes Proteaceae, Platanaceae, and Nelumbonaceae. Proteaceae belongs to this order alongside plane trees and sacred lotus.
Cut flower: A cut flower is a flower or flowering stem harvested for decorative display. Proteas and related flowers are cultivated and traded for long-lasting floral displays.
Protea: Protea is a genus of shrubs and small trees native mainly to southern Africa. The genus gives the family its name and includes the king protea.
Platanaceae: Platanaceae is a family of flowering trees that includes the plane trees. It is another family in the order Proteales.
Flowering plant: A flowering plant is a seed plant that produces flowers and encloses its seeds within fruits. Proteaceae is one family within this large group of seed plants.
Honey production: Honey production is the collection and processing of nectar by honey bees into a food product. Proteaceae flowers provide nectar for honey production, including distinctive regional honeys.
Banksia: Banksia is a genus of Australian shrubs and trees known for dense flower spikes and woody fruits. Its species illustrate the family's distinctive flowering and fire-linked seed release.
Nelumbonaceae: Nelumbonaceae is the flowering-plant family containing the sacred lotus. It is the third living family commonly placed in Proteales.
Inflorescence: An inflorescence is a cluster or arrangement of flowers on a plant stem. Dense, distinctive inflorescences characterize many proteas and banksias.
Ecological restoration: Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of damaged, degraded, or destroyed ecosystems. Native Proteaceae species are used to re-establish vegetation in some Southern Hemisphere habitats.

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