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Protea L.

This genus name was first published in Mant. Pl. 2: 187 (1771)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000031249.

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Synonyms of Protea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Erodendrum Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 67 (1807) wfo-4000013923
Scolymocephalus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-4000034796
Pleuranthe Salisb. Cult. Prot. : 49 (1809) wfo-4001303516

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Protea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea abietina Licht. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea abrotanifolia Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 507. wfo-0000482983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea abyssinica Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 522. 1798 [Jul 1798] wfo-0000482944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea adscendens Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. wfo-0000482945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea angolensis f. roseola (Chisumpa & Brummitt) Beard Proteas of Trop. Afr. 34 (1992):. wfo-0001326692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea apifolia Sm. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 279. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000482943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea arborescens hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. wfo-0000482964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea arenaria H.Buek ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 245. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000482972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea arenaria Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 571 (1816) wfo-0000482957
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea aspleniifolia Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 113. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] wfo-0000482978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea asterifolia Knight Cult. Prot. 30. 1809 [Dec 1809] wfo-0000482979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea aulax Hibbert ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 242. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000482966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea banksii Klotzsch ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 236. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000482961
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea bismarckii Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 196, nomen. 1892 wfo-0001355289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea bismarckii Engl. Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 154, in syn. 1927 wfo-0001355290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea brassicifolia hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. wfo-0000483113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea bruniifolia Knight Cult. Prot. 32. 1809 [Dec 1809] wfo-0000483002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea buekiana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000483005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea buekiana Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 236. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483010
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea buxifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000483008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea caledonensis Guthrie J. S. African Bot. 1939, v. 63. wfo-0000482986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea callosa Wendl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 34, 399. wfo-0000482988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea calycina Schneev. Icon. Pl. Rar. (Schneevoogt) t. 48. 1795 wfo-0000482997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea candicans Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 294. wfo-0000482991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea carinata hort. ex Schult. Mant. 3: 266. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827] wfo-0000483117
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea carlescens E.Mey. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 238. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea carnosa hort. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 356 (Quid ?). 1818 [Apr-Jul 1818] wfo-0000483118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea cartilaginea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000483121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea caulescens E.Mey. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 244. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea cerifera hort. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 356 (Quid ?). 1818 [Apr-Jul 1818] wfo-0000483124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea chamaelea Lam. Tabl. Encycl. i. 237. wfo-0000483103
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ciliata Breiter Hort. Breiter. 380. 1817 [Jan-Oct 1817] & Schult. Mant. 3: 266 wfo-0000483099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ciliata Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 45. 1815 wfo-0000483098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ciliata Poir. Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 572. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] wfo-0000483101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ciliata Thunb. in Nova Acta Acad. Petrop. xv. 462 (1806). wfo-0000483110
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea cinerea Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 521. 1798 [Jul 1798] wfo-0000483104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea cinerea Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 215. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea concinna Poir. Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 556. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] wfo-0000483143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea concolor hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. wfo-0000483146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea conifera Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 541. wfo-0000483151
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea conifera Thunb. Diss. Prot. 37. wfo-0000483150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea conocarpa Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 656. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] wfo-0000483152
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea coriacea H.Buek ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 238. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea coriacea Licht. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 384 (1818) wfo-0000483130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea crinita Beard Kirkia 3: 197. 1963 [Jan 1963] wfo-0000483138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea crinita Jacq. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 465. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] wfo-0000483137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea cucullata Lam. Tabl. Encycl. i. 239. wfo-0000483052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea cyanoides Thunb. Diss. Prot. 15. wfo-0000483055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea declinata hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 247. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea decumbens Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 349. wfo-0000483045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea decumbens Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 284. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea densa Willd. Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 7, nomen. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814] wfo-0000483041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea dichotoma Cav. in Anal. Hist. Nat. i. (1799) 239. wfo-0000483051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea dichotoma Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 235 (1792) wfo-0000483044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea divaricata Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 265. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea diversifolia Poir. Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 559, 577. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] wfo-0000483048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea diversifolia Willd. Enum. Pl. : 139 (1809) wfo-0000483049
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea dodonaeifolia H.Buek ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 239. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea dryandroides Ettingsh. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 15: 248, 271, t. 34, f. 1 1858 wfo-1000065389
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ericifolia Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 218. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ericoides hort. ex Schult. Mant. 3: 266. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827] wfo-0000483092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea erosa Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 260. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea falcata A.Cunn. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 267. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000483067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea falcifolia Knight Cult. Prot. 29. 1809 [Dec 1809] wfo-0000483068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea ferruginea Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 197, nomen. 1892 wfo-0001355291
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea flavescens Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 7 (1814) wfo-0000483075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea florida Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000486125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea furcellata Sm. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 277. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea gandogeri Schinz ex Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 54. 1913 wfo-0000486126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea glauca Brouss. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 356. 1818 [Apr-Jul 1818] wfo-0000486122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea glauca H.Buek ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 233. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea globularia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 236 (1792) wfo-0000486063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea glomerata Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 264. wfo-0000486065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea glomerata Thunb. Diss. Prot. 18. wfo-0000486069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea glomerata Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 293. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea glomerata Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 468. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] wfo-0000486075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea graminea hort. ex Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 113. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] wfo-0000486073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea grandis Ettingsh. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 15: 249, 271, t. 35, f. 1 1858 wfo-1200098598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea grandis hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 247, nomen. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea helvola Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 297. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea hirsuta (R.Br.) Poir. Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 572. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] wfo-0000486059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea hirsuta Willd. Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 139. 1809 [Apr 1809] wfo-0000486057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea hirtella hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea humiflorens Willd. Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 7. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814] wfo-0000486089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea incurva Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 429. wfo-0000484761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea inflexa Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 7 (1814) wfo-0000484762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea involucrata Licht. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 457 (1824) wfo-0000484767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea involucrata Willd. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 222. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000484766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea lagopus Andrews Bot. Repos. t. 243. wfo-0000484757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea lagopus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 510. 1798 [Jul 1798] wfo-0000484755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea lanuginosa K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 364. 1900 wfo-0000484784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea latericolor Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248, sphalm. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0001355292
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea lepidocarpon R.Br. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10(1): 80. 1810 wfo-0000484790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea leucantha hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000484792
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea leucoblephara K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 28(1): 451. 1902 wfo-0000484780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea linearis Thunb. Diss. Prot. 33. wfo-0000484777
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea linguiformis hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248, nomen. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000484783
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea maschonica Engl. Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(3, 1): 67, in obs. 1915 [Pflanzenw. Afr.] wfo-0000484721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea micrantha hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Protea mollissima hort. ex Meisn. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] wfo-0000486118