As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Protea
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 |
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Erodendrum | Parad. Lond. 1: t. 67 (1807) | wfo-4000013923 | ||
Scolymocephalus | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] | wfo-4000034796 | ||
Pleuranthe | Cult. Prot. : 49 (1809) | wfo-4001303516 |
Species in Protea ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })
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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 |
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Protea abietina | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483020 | ||
Protea abrotanifolia | Bot. Repos. t. 507. | wfo-0000482983 | ||
Protea abyssinica | Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 522. 1798 [Jul 1798] | wfo-0000482944 | ||
Protea adscendens | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. | wfo-0000482945 | ||
Protea angolensis f. roseola | Proteas of Trop. Afr. 34 (1992):. | wfo-0001326692 | ||
Protea apifolia | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 279. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000482943 | ||
Protea arborescens | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. | wfo-0000482964 | ||
Protea arenaria | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 245. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000482972 | ||
Protea arenaria | Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 571 (1816) | wfo-0000482957 | ||
Protea aspleniifolia | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 113. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] | wfo-0000482978 | ||
Protea asterifolia | Cult. Prot. 30. 1809 [Dec 1809] | wfo-0000482979 | ||
Protea aulax | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 242. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000482966 | ||
Protea banksii | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 236. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000482961 | ||
Protea bismarckii | Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 196, nomen. 1892 | wfo-0001355289 | ||
Protea bismarckii | Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 154, in syn. 1927 | wfo-0001355290 | ||
Protea brassicifolia | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. | wfo-0000483113 | ||
Protea bruniifolia | Cult. Prot. 32. 1809 [Dec 1809] | wfo-0000483002 | ||
Protea buekiana | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] | wfo-0000483005 | ||
Protea buekiana | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 236. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483010 | ||
Protea buxifolia | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] | wfo-0000483008 | ||
Protea caledonensis | J. S. African Bot. 1939, v. 63. | wfo-0000482986 | ||
Protea callosa | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 34, 399. | wfo-0000482988 | ||
Protea calycina | Icon. Pl. Rar. (Schneevoogt) t. 48. 1795 | wfo-0000482997 | ||
Protea candicans | Bot. Repos. t. 294. | wfo-0000482991 | ||
Protea carinata | Mant. 3: 266. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827] | wfo-0000483117 | ||
Protea carlescens | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 238. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483126 | ||
Protea carnosa | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 356 (Quid ?). 1818 [Apr-Jul 1818] | wfo-0000483118 | ||
Protea cartilaginea | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] | wfo-0000483121 | ||
Protea caulescens | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 244. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483123 | ||
Protea cerifera | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 356 (Quid ?). 1818 [Apr-Jul 1818] | wfo-0000483124 | ||
Protea chamaelea | Tabl. Encycl. i. 237. | wfo-0000483103 | ||
Protea ciliata | Hort. Breiter. 380. 1817 [Jan-Oct 1817] & Schult. Mant. 3: 266 | wfo-0000483099 | ||
Protea ciliata | Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 45. 1815 | wfo-0000483098 | ||
Protea ciliata | Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 572. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] | wfo-0000483101 | ||
Protea ciliata | in Nova Acta Acad. Petrop. xv. 462 (1806). | wfo-0000483110 | ||
Protea cinerea | Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 521. 1798 [Jul 1798] | wfo-0000483104 | ||
Protea cinerea | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 215. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483095 | ||
Protea concinna | Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 556. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] | wfo-0000483143 | ||
Protea concolor | Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 399. | wfo-0000483146 | ||
Protea conifera | Bot. Repos. t. 541. | wfo-0000483151 | ||
Protea conifera | Diss. Prot. 37. | wfo-0000483150 | ||
Protea conocarpa | Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 5: 656. 1804 [9 Jan 1804] | wfo-0000483152 | ||
Protea coriacea | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 238. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483129 | ||
Protea coriacea | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 384 (1818) | wfo-0000483130 | ||
Protea crinita | Kirkia 3: 197. 1963 [Jan 1963] | wfo-0000483138 | ||
Protea crinita | Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 465. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] | wfo-0000483137 | ||
Protea cucullata | Tabl. Encycl. i. 239. | wfo-0000483052 | ||
Protea cyanoides | Diss. Prot. 15. | wfo-0000483055 | ||
Protea declinata | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 247. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483061 | ||
Protea decumbens | Bot. Repos. t. 349. | wfo-0000483045 | ||
Protea decumbens | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 284. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483058 | ||
Protea densa | Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 7, nomen. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814] | wfo-0000483041 | ||
Protea dichotoma | in Anal. Hist. Nat. i. (1799) 239. | wfo-0000483051 | ||
Protea dichotoma | Tabl. Encycl. 1: 235 (1792) | wfo-0000483044 | ||
Protea divaricata | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 265. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483047 | ||
Protea diversifolia | Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 559, 577. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] | wfo-0000483048 | ||
Protea diversifolia | Enum. Pl. : 139 (1809) | wfo-0000483049 | ||
Protea dodonaeifolia | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 239. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483050 | ||
Protea dryandroides | Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 15: 248, 271, t. 34, f. 1 1858 | wfo-1000065389 | ||
Protea ericifolia | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 218. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483090 | ||
Protea ericoides | Mant. 3: 266. 1827 [Jul-Dec 1827] | wfo-0000483092 | ||
Protea erosa | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 260. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483085 | ||
Protea falcata | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 267. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000483067 | ||
Protea falcifolia | Cult. Prot. 29. 1809 [Dec 1809] | wfo-0000483068 | ||
Protea ferruginea | Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 197, nomen. 1892 | wfo-0001355291 | ||
Protea flavescens | Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 7 (1814) | wfo-0000483075 | ||
Protea florida | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 580. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] | wfo-0000486125 | ||
Protea furcellata | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 277. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486129 | ||
Protea gandogeri | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 54. 1913 | wfo-0000486126 | ||
Protea glauca | Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 356. 1818 [Apr-Jul 1818] | wfo-0000486122 | ||
Protea glauca | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 233. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486120 | ||
Protea globularia | Tabl. Encycl. 1: 236 (1792) | wfo-0000486063 | ||
Protea glomerata | Bot. Repos. t. 264. | wfo-0000486065 | ||
Protea glomerata | Diss. Prot. 18. | wfo-0000486069 | ||
Protea glomerata | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 293. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486067 | ||
Protea glomerata | Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 468. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] | wfo-0000486075 | ||
Protea graminea | Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 113. 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821] | wfo-0000486073 | ||
Protea grandis | Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 15: 249, 271, t. 35, f. 1 1858 | wfo-1200098598 | ||
Protea grandis | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 247, nomen. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486068 | ||
Protea helvola | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 297. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486060 | ||
Protea hirsuta | Encyc. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 4. 572. 1816 [14 Dec 1816] | wfo-0000486059 | ||
Protea hirsuta | Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 1: 139. 1809 [Apr 1809] | wfo-0000486057 | ||
Protea hirtella | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486074 | ||
Protea humiflorens | Enum. Pl. Suppl. [Willdenow] 7. 1814 [Jul-Dec 1814] | wfo-0000486089 | ||
Protea incurva | Bot. Repos. t. 429. | wfo-0000484761 | ||
Protea inflexa | Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. , Suppl.: 7 (1814) | wfo-0000484762 | ||
Protea involucrata | Syst. Veg. 1: 457 (1824) | wfo-0000484767 | ||
Protea involucrata | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 222. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000484766 | ||
Protea lagopus | Bot. Repos. t. 243. | wfo-0000484757 | ||
Protea lagopus | Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 510. 1798 [Jul 1798] | wfo-0000484755 | ||
Protea lanuginosa | Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 364. 1900 | wfo-0000484784 | ||
Protea latericolor | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248, sphalm. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0001355292 | ||
Protea lepidocarpon | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10(1): 80. 1810 | wfo-0000484790 | ||
Protea leucantha | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000484792 | ||
Protea leucoblephara | Just's Bot. Jahresber. 28(1): 451. 1902 | wfo-0000484780 | ||
Protea linearis | Diss. Prot. 33. | wfo-0000484777 | ||
Protea linguiformis | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248, nomen. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000484783 | ||
Protea maschonica | Veg. Erde [Engler] 9(3, 1): 67, in obs. 1915 [Pflanzenw. Afr.] | wfo-0000484721 | ||
Protea micrantha | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486114 | ||
Protea mollissima | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 14(1): 248. 1856 [mid Oct 1856] | wfo-0000486118 |