List of Proteales of South Africa explained

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.

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. 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.

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)).

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.

Platanaceae

Family: Platanaceae,

Platanus

Genus Platanus:

Proteaceae

Family: Proteaceae,

Aulax

Genus Aulax:

Banksia

Genus Banksia:

Brabejum

Genus Brabejum:

Diastella

Genus Diastella:

Dryandra

Genus Dryandra:

Faurea

Genus Faurea:

Grevillea

Genus Grevillea:

Hakea

Genus Hakea:

Leucadendron

Genus Leucadendron:

Leucospermum

Genus Leucospermum:

Macadamia

Genus Macadamia:

Mimetes

Genus Mimetes:

Orothamnus

Genus Orothamnus:

Paranomus

Genus Paranomus:

Protea

Genus Protea:

Serruria

Genus Serruria:

Sorocephalus

Genus Sorocephalus:

Spatalla

Genus Spatalla:

Telopea

Genus Telopea:

Vexatorella

Genus Vexatorella:

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