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Achene
An achene (Greek ἀ, a, privative + χαίνειν, chainein, to gape; also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp) is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants.
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Acidonia
Acidonia microcarpa is a species of shrub in the plant family Proteaceae.
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Adaptive radiation
In evolutionary biology, adaptive radiation is a process in which organisms diversify rapidly from an ancestral species into a multitude of new forms, particularly when a change in the environment makes new resources available, creates new challenges, or opens new environmental niches.
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Adenanthos
Adenanthos is a genus of Australian native shrubs in the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
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Adenanthos sericeus
Adenanthos sericeus, commonly known as Woolly Bush, is a shrub native to the south coast of Western Australia.
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Agastachys
Agastachys odorata, commonly known as the white waratah, is the sole member of the genus Agastachys in the protea family.
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Alkaloid
Alkaloids are a class of naturally occurring chemical compounds that mostly contain basic nitrogen atoms.
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Alloxylon
Alloxylon is a genus of four species in the family Proteaceae of mainly small to medium-sized trees.
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Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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André Guillaumin
André Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin (21 June 1885 in Arrou – 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons), was a French botanist.
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Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
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Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.
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Anthesis
Anthesis is the period during which a flower is fully open and functional.
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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.
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APG II system
The APG II system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system) of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
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APG system
The APG system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system) of plant classification is the first version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy.
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza
An arbuscular mycorrhiza (plural mycorrhizae or mycorrhizas, a.k.a. endomycorrhiza) is a type of mycorrhiza in which the fungus (AM fungi, or AMF) penetrates the cortical cells of the roots of a vascular plant.
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Arbutin
Arbutin is a glycoside; a glycosylated hydroquinone extracted from the bearberry plant in the genus Arctostaphylos among many other medicinal plants, primarily in the Ericaceae family.
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Armillaria
Armillaria, is a genus of parasitic fungi that includes the A. mellea species known as honey fungi that live on trees and woody shrubs.
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Asia
Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.
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Athertonia
Athertonia is a genus of a sole described species of tall trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Aulax
Aulax is a South African Proteaceae genus of just three species of evergreen shrubs commonly known as "featherbushes".
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Austromuellera
Austromuellera is a genus of only two known species of medium-sized trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Banksia
Banksia, commonly known as Australian honeysuckles, are a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae.
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Banksia coccinea
Banksia coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet banksia, waratah banksia or Albany banksia, is an erect shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae.
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Banksia grandis
Banksia grandis, commonly known as Bull Banksia, Giant Banksia or Mangite, is a common and distinctive tree in South West Western Australia.
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Banksia integrifolia
Banksia integrifolia, commonly known as coast banksia, is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of Australia.
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Banksia integrifolia subsp. monticola
Banksia integrifolia subsp.
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Banksia littoralis
Banksia littoralis, commonly known as the swamp banksia, swamp oak, pungura and the western swamp banksia, is a tree in the plant genus Banksia.
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Banksia marginata
Banksia marginata, commonly known as the silver banksia, is a species of tree or woody shrub in the plant genus Banksia found throughout much of southeastern Australia.
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Banksia prionotes
Banksia prionotes, commonly known as acorn banksia or orange banksia, is a species of shrub or tree of the genus Banksia in the family Proteaceae.
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Banksia seminuda
Banksia seminuda, commonly known as the river banksia, is a tree in the plant genus Banksia.
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Banksia ser. Dryandra
Banksia ser.
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Banksia serrata
Banksia serrata, commonly known as old man banksia, saw banksia, saw-tooth banksia and red honeysuckle, is a species of woody shrub or tree of the genus Banksia in the family Proteaceae.
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Banksia speciosa
Banksia speciosa, commonly known as the showy banksia, is a species of large shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae.
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Barbara G. Briggs
Barbara Gillian Briggs (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists.
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Bark (botany)
Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants.
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Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.
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Beauprea
Beauprea is a genus of flowering plants in the Proteaceae family.
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Beaupreopsis
Beaupreopsis is a genus of plant in family Proteaceae, with just one species in the genus, Beaupreopsis paniculata.
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Bee
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax.
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Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle, particularly skeletal muscle.
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Beetle
Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.
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Bellendena
Bellendena montana, commonly known as mountain rocket, is a species of low-growing multi-stemmed shrub in the plant family Proteaceae.
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Bleasdalea
Bleasdalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
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Botryosphaeria
Botryosphaeria is a genus of pathogenic fungi in the family Botryosphaeriaceae.
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Botryotinia
Botryotinia is a genus of ascomycete fungi causing several plant diseases.
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Brabejum
Brabejum is a genus of a single species of large evergreen tree, Brabejum stellatifolium in the Proteaceae, commonly called wild almond, bitter almond or ghoeboontjie.
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Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.
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Buckinghamia
Buckinghamia is a genus of only two known species of trees, belonging to the plant family Proteaceae.
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Calcium oxalate
Calcium oxalate (in archaic terminology, oxalate of lime) is a calcium salt of oxalate with the chemical formula CaC2O4(H2O)x, where x can vary.
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Calonectria
Calonectria (anamorph Cylindrocladium) is a genus of ascomycete fungi.
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Campanian
The Campanian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch (or, in chronostratigraphy: the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous series).
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Cape Floristic Region
The Cape Floristic Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa.
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Cardwellia
Cardwellia is a genus of a sole described species of large trees, constituting a part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.
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Carnarvonia
Carnarvonia is a flowering plant genus of a single species, commonly named red oak or red silky oak and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Caryopsis
In botany, a caryopsis (plural caryopses) is a type of simple dry fruit—one that is monocarpellate (formed from a single carpel) and indehiscent (not opening at maturity) and resembles an achene, except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat.
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Catalepidia
Catalepidia is a genus of a sole described species of medium-sized trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Cenarrhenes
Cenarrhenes is a monytypic genus in the family Proteaceae containing the single species Cenarrhenes nitida, known as the Port Arthur plum or native plum.
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Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous series.
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Cenozoic
The Cenozoic Era meaning "new life", is the current and most recent of the three Phanerozoic geological eras, following the Mesozoic Era and, extending from 66 million years ago to the present day.
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Central America
Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.
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Chalaza
The chalaza (from Greek χάλαζα "hailstone"; plural chalazas or chalazae) is a structure inside bird and reptile eggs and plant ovules.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Chromosome
A chromosome (from Ancient Greek: χρωμόσωμα, chromosoma, chroma means colour, soma means body) is a DNA molecule with part or all of the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
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Citric acid
Citric acid is a weak organic acid that has the chemical formula.
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Cladistics
Cladistics (from Greek κλάδος, cládos, i.e., "branch") is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on the most recent common ancestor.
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Climate change
Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years).
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Cluster root
Cluster roots, also known as proteoid roots, are plant roots that form clusters of closely spaced short lateral rootlets.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Competition (biology)
Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both the organisms or species are harmed.
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Condensed tannin
Condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins, polyflavonoid tannins, catechol-type tannins, pyrocatecollic type tannins, non-hydrolyzable tannins or flavolans) are polymers formed by the condensation of flavans.
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Conospermum
Conospermum is a genus of about 50 species in the family Proteaceae that are endemic to Australia.
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Continental drift
Continental drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed.
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Cork cambium
Cork cambium (pl. cambia or cambiums) is a tissue found in many vascular plants as part of the epidermis.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.
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Cyanidin
Cyanidin is a natural organic compound.
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Darlingia
Darlingia is a small genus of two species of rainforest tree from Northern Queensland.
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Dehiscence (botany)
Dehiscence is the splitting along a built-in line of weakness in a plant structure in order to release its contents, and is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia.
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Delphinidin
Delphinidin (also delphinidine) is an anthocyanidin, a primary plant pigment, and also an antioxidant.
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Diastella
Diastella is a genus containing seven species of flowering plants, commonly known as “silkypuffs”, in the protea family.
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Dilobeia
Dilobeia is a genus of trees in the Proteaceae family.
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Drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside.
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Eidothea
Eidothea is a genus of two species of rainforest trees in New South Wales and Queensland, in eastern Australia, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Elaiosome
Elaiosomes (Greek élaion "oil" and sóma "body") are fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species.
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Elephant shrew
Elephant shrews, also called jumping shrews or sengis, are small insectivorous mammals native to Africa, belonging to the family Macroscelididae, in the order Macroscelidea. Their traditional common English name "elephant shrew" comes from a fancied resemblance between their long noses and the trunk of an elephant, and their superficial similarity with shrews (family Soricidae) in the order Eulipotyphla.
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Ellagic acid
Ellagic acid is a natural phenol antioxidant found in numerous fruits and vegetables.
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Embothrium
Embothrium is a genus of two to eight species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) in the plant family Proteaceae, native to southern South America, in Chile and adjacent western Argentina; the genus occurs as far south as Tierra del Fuego.
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Embothrium coccineum
Embothrium coccineum, commonly known as the Chilean firetree, Chilean firebush, Notro, or Ciruelillo in Spanish, is a small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
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Embryo
An embryo is an early stage of development of a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism.
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Endosperm
The endosperm is the tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following fertilization.
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Entomophily
Entomophily or insect pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen of plants, especially but not only of flowering plants, is distributed by insects.
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Ericaceae
The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions.
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Eucarpha
Eucarpha is a genus of flowering plant of the family Proteaceae, endemic to New Caledonia.
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Euplassa
Euplassa is a genus of flowering plants in the protea family.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (Føroyar; Færøerne), sometimes called the Faeroe Islands, is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, north-northwest of Scotland.
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Faurea
Faurea is a genus containing 15 species of flowering plants in the protea family which occur in the summer rainfall area of southern Africa, extending to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
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Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English; see spelling differences) is any material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is applied to soils or to plant tissues to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants.
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Finschia
Finschia is a genus of three recognised species of large trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Flavonols
Flavonols are a class of flavonoids that have the 3-hydroxyflavone backbone (IUPAC name: 3-hydroxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one).
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Floristry
Floristry is the production, commerce and trade in flowers.
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Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.
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Floydia
Floydia is a monotypic species of tree in the family Proteaceae native to Australia.
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Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".
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Follicle (fruit)
In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular fruit formed from one carpel, containing two or more seeds.
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Franklandia
Franklandia is a genus of small shrubs in family Proteaceae, commonly known as lanolin bushes.
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Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering.
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Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht as emended by Snyder and HansenSnyder, W.C. and Hansen, H.N. 1940. The species concept in Fusarium. Am. J. Bot. 27:64-67.), an ascomycete fungus, comprises all the species, varieties and forms recognized by Wollenweber and Reinking within an infrageneric grouping called section Elegans.
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Fynbos
Fynbos (meaning fine-leaved plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
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Garnieria
Garnieria is a monotypic plant genus in the Proteaceae family.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Gevuina
Gevuina avellana (Chilean hazelnut, in Spanish) is an evergreen tree, up to 20 meters (65 feet) tall.
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Gondwana
Gondwana, or Gondwanaland, was a supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) until the Carboniferous (about 320 million years ago).
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Grevillea
Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to rainforest and more open habitats in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Sulawesi and other Indonesian islands east of the Wallace Line.
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Grevilleoideae
The Grevilleoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
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Ground tissue
The ground tissue of plants includes all tissues that are neither dermal nor vascular.
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Gynoecium
Gynoecium (from Ancient Greek γυνή, gyne, meaning woman, and οἶκος, oikos, meaning house) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds.
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Gynophore
A gynophore is the stalk of certain flowers which supports the gynoecium (the ovule-producing part of a flower), elevating it above the branching points of other floral parts.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Hakea
Hakea (pin-cushion tree) is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia and surrounding islands.
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Hakea salicifolia
Hakea salicifolia (HAK-ee-uh sal-iss-ih-FOH-lee-uh) commonly known as the willow-leaved hakea, is indigenous to Eastern Australia and is found in New South Wales and Queensland.
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Hakea sericea
Hakea sericea, commonly known as Needlebush or Silky Hakea, is a large species of shrub native to Australia.
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Helicia
Helicia is a genus of around 100 species of trees and shrubs, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Heliciopsis
Heliciopsis is a genus of about thirteen species of trees, constituting part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
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Herb
In general use, herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, in medicine, or as fragrances.
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Hicksbeachia
Hicksbeachia is a genus of two species of trees in the family Proteaceae.
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Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia is a small tree in the family Proteaceae.
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Hollandaea
Hollandaea is a genus of four species known to science, of Australian rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Honeyeater
The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family, Meliphagidae, of small to medium-sized birds.
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Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae.
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Idioblast
An idioblast is an isolated plant cell that differs from neighboring tissues.
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Incertae sedis
Incertae sedis (Latin for "of uncertain placement") is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Indumentum
In biology, an indumentum (Latin, literally: "garment") is a covering of trichomes (fine "hairs") on a plant or of bristles (rarely scales) of an insect.
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Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Iridoid
Iridoids are a type of monoterpenoids in the general form of cyclopentanopyran, found in a wide variety of plants and some animals.
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Isopogon
Isopogon is a genus of 35 species of mainly low-growing and prostrate perennial shrubs in the family Proteaceae endemic to Australia.
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Kaempferol
Kaempferol is a natural flavonol, a type of flavonoid, found in a variety of plants and plant-derived foods.
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Kermadecia
Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in family Proteaceae.
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Knightia (plant)
Knightia is a small genus of the family Proteaceae endemic to New Zealand.
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Lambertia
Lambertia is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteaceae.
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Lasjia
Lasjia is a genus of five known species of trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson
Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson FAA, (26 June 1925 – 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian taxonomic botanist.
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Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.
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Leaf gap
A leaf gap is a space in the stem of a plant through which the leaf grows.
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Lenticel
A lenticel is a porous tissue consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of dicotyledonous flowering plants.
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Leucadendron
Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos ecoregion and vegetation type.
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Leucospermum
Leucospermum is a genus of evergreen upright, sometimes creeping shrubs that is assigned to the Proteaceae, with currently forty-eight known species.
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Lignotuber
A lignotuber is a woody swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem, such as by fire.
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Linnaean taxonomy
Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts.
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Locule
A locule (plural locules) or loculus (plural loculi) (meaning "little place" in Latin) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus).
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Lomatia
Lomatia is a genus of 12 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae.
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Lomatia ferruginea
Lomatia ferruginea, commonly known as Fuinque, is a small evergreen tree in the family Proteaceae.
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Lomatia hirsuta
Lomatia hirsuta, known as Radal is a tree native to Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
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Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series, the Cretaceous period or system, and of the Mesozoic era or erathem.
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Macadamia
Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia, and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Macadamia integrifolia
Macadamia integrifolia is a tree in the flowering plant family Proteaceae, native to Queensland in Australia.
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Malagasia
Malagasia is a monotypic genus of trees in the family Proteaceae.
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Malic acid
Malic acid is an organic compound with the molecular formula C4H6O5.
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Marsupial
Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia.
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Megahertzia
Megahertzia is a genus of tree in the family Proteaceae.
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Mimetes
Mimetes is a genus of plants in the large family Proteaceae.
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Moth
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera.
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Musgravea
Musgravea is a genus of rainforest tree from north-eastern Queensland.
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Mycorrhiza
A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης mýkēs, "fungus", and ῥίζα rhiza, "root"; pl. mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular host plant.
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Myricetin
Myricetin is a member of the flavonoid class of polyphenolic compounds, with antioxidant properties.
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Nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.
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Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbonaceae, sometimes called the sacred lotus family, is a family of flowering plants, including the single genus Nelumbo with two species, N. lutea (North America) and N. nucifera (widespread in tropical Asia).
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Neorites
Neorites is a genus of a sole described species of tall trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nothorites
Nothorites is a genus of a sole described species of trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Nut (fruit)
A nut is a fruit composed of an inedible hard shell and a seed, which is generally edible.
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Oceania
Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.
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On the Proteaceae: the evolution and classification of a southern family
On the Proteaceae: the evolution and classification of a southern family is a highly influential monograph on the evolution, biogeography and taxonomy of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
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Oomycete
Oomycota or oomycetes form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms.
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Opisthiolepis
Opisthiolepis is a genus of a sole described species of large trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Oreocallis
Oreocallis is a South American plant genus in the family Proteaceae.
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Orites
Orites is a genus of 9 known species, 7 endemic to Australia (4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 in the Chilean Andes and 1 in Bolivia.
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Orothamnus
Orothamnus (Greek 'oros' mountain, 'thamnos' bush) or 'Marsh Rose' is a monotypic fynbos genus in the family Proteaceae occurring in the Kogelberg and Kleinrivier Mountains of Hottentots-Holland in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
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Ovule
In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells.
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Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.
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Panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence.
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Panopsis
Panopsis is a genus of trees in the family Proteaceae.
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Paranomus
Paranomus is a genus of 18 species of plants, commonly known as "sceptres", in the protea family.
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Pedicel (botany)
A pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence.
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Perianth
The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals).
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Persoonia
Persoonia is a genus of about one hundred species of shrubs and small trees in the subfamily Persoonioideae in the large and diverse plant family Proteaceae.
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Persoonia pinifolia
Persoonia pinifolia, commonly known as pine-leaved geebung or as mambara in the Cadigal language, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Sydney region of New South Wales.
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Persoonioideae
The Persoonioideae are a subfamily of closely releted genera within the large and diverse family Proteaceae and incorporates such genera as Persoonia, Acidonia, Garnieria, Toronia and Placospermum.
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Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.
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Petrophile
Petrophile is a genus of evergreen shrubs, in the family Proteaceae.
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Phloem
In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to parts of the plant where needed.
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Phytophthora cinnamomi
Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne water mould that produces an infection which causes a condition in plants called "root rot" or "dieback".
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Placentation
In biology, placentation refers to the formation, type and structure, or arrangement of the placenta.
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Placospermum
Placospermum is a genus of a single species of large trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Plant
Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.
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Plant nursery
A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size.
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Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.
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Platanaceae
The Platanaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order Proteales.
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Pollen
Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells).
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Pollen-presenter
A pollen-presenter is an area on the tip of the style in flowers of plants of the family Proteaceae on which the anthers release their pollen prior to anthesis.
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Pollination
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant to a female part of a plant, enabling later fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by wind.
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Protea
Protea is both the botanical name and the English common name of a genus of South African flowering plants, sometimes also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos) or Fynbos.
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Protea cynaroides
Protea cynaroides, the king protea, is a flowering plant.
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Proteales
Proteales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants consisting of two (or three) families.
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Proteoideae
Proteoideae is one of five subfamilies of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.
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Proteus
In Greek mythology, Proteus (Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς) is an early sea-god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea".
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Pseudanthium
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"), also called a flower head or composite flower, is a special type of inflorescence, in which anything from a small cluster to hundreds or sometimes thousands of flowers are grouped together to form a single flower-like structure.
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Pyrophyte
Pyrophytes are plants which have adapted to tolerate fire.
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Quercetin
Quercetin, a plant flavonol from the flavonoid group of polyphenols, is found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves, and grains; red onions and kale are common foods containing appreciable content of quercetin.
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Raceme
A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis.
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Rachis
Rachis is a biological term for a main axis or "shaft" (from the Greek ράχις, backbone, spine).
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Resprouter
Resprouters are plant species that are able to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth.
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Restionaceae
The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of annual or perennial rush-like flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 m in height.
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Rhizoctonia
Rhizoctonia is a genus of anamorphic fungi in the order Cantharellales.
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Root
In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil.
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Roupala
Roupala is a neotropical genus of woody shrubs and trees in the plant family Proteaceae.
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Sapogenin
Sapogenins are the aglycones, or non-saccharide, portions of the family of natural products known as saponins.
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Saponin
Saponins are a class of chemical compounds found in particular abundance in various plant species.
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Seed
A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.
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Sequential hermaphroditism
Sequential hermaphroditism (called dichogamy in botany) is a type of hermaphroditism that occurs in many fish, gastropods, and plants.
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Serotiny
Serotiny is an ecological adaptation exhibited by some seed plants, in which seed release occurs in response to an environmental trigger, rather than spontaneously at seed maturation.
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Serruria
Serruria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa.
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Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.
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Sleumerodendron
Sleumerodendron is a monotypic genus of plant in the Proteaceae family.
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Soil retrogression and degradation
Soil retrogression and degradation are two regressive evolution processes associated with the loss of equilibrium of a stable soil.
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Sorocephalus
Sorocephalus is a genus containing 11 species of flowering plants, commonly known as powderpuffs, in the Proteaceae family.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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South Island
The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.
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Southern Hemisphere
The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.
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Spatalla
Spatalla is a genus containing 20 species of flowering plants, commonly known as "spoons", in the Proteaceae family.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Sphalmium
Sphalmium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the protea family.
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Stamen
The stamen (plural stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
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Staminode
In botany, a staminode is an often rudimentary, sterile or abortive stamen, which means that it does not produce pollen.
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Stenocarpus
Stenocarpus is a genus of about 25 species of woody trees or shrubs, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.
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Stenocarpus dumbeensis
Stenocarpus dumbeensis was a species of plant in the family Proteaceae.
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Stigma (botany)
The stigma (plural: stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
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Stipule
In botany, stipule (Latin stipula: straw, stalk) is a term coined by LinnaeusConcise English Dictionary Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
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Stirlingia
Stirlingia, commonly known as Blueboy, is a genus of 7 species in the family Proteaceae, all of which are endemic to Western Australia.
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Stoma
In botany, a stoma (plural "stomata"), also called a stomata (plural "stomates") (from Greek στόμα, "mouth"), is a pore, found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that facilitates gas exchange.
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Strangea
Strangea is a genus of three species of shrubs in the family Proteaceae native to Australia.
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Sucrose
Sucrose is common table sugar.
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Sugarbird
The sugarbirds are a small genus, Promerops, and family, Promeropidae, of passerine birds which are restricted to southern Africa.
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Sunbird
The sunbirds and spiderhunters make up a family, Nectariniidae, of passerine birds.
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Sunscreen
Sunscreen, also known as sunblock, sun cream or suntan lotion, is a lotion, spray, gel or other topical product that absorbs or reflects some of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation and thus helps protect against sunburn.
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Supercontinent
In geology, a supercontinent is the assembly of most or all of Earth's continental blocks or cratons to form a single large landmass.
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Symphionema
Symphionema is a genus of two species of small shrubs in the protea family Proteaceae.
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Synaphea
Synaphea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
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Taxonomy (biology)
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.
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Telopea speciosissima
Telopea speciosissima, commonly known as the New South Wales waratah or simply waratah, is a large shrub in the plant family Proteaceae.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Tepal
A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth) when these parts cannot easily be divided into two kinds, sepals and petals.
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Toronia
Toronia is a genus of tree in the family Proteaceae that contains a single species, Toronia toru, which is found in New Zealand.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.
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Trichome
Trichomes, from the Greek τρίχωμα (trichōma) meaning "hair", are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists.
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Triunia
Triunia is a genus of medium to tall shrubs or small trees found as understorey plants in rainforests of eastern Australia.
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Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous series.
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Turrillia
Turrillia is a genus of plants in the Proteaceae family, native to Oceania.
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Tyrosine
Tyrosine (symbol Tyr or Y) or 4-hydroxyphenylalanine is one of the 20 standard amino acids that are used by cells to synthesize proteins.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Vernation
Vernation (from vernal meaning spring, since that is when leaves spring forth in temperate regions) is the formation of new leaves or fronds.
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Vexatorella
Vexatorella is a genus containing four species of flowering plant, commonly known as vexators, in the Proteaceae family.
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Virotia
Virotia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
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Waratah
Waratah (Telopea) is an Australian-endemic genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania).
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Wildlife garden
A wildlife garden (or wild garden) is an environment created by a gardener that serves as a sustainable haven for surrounding wildlife.
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Xylomelum
Xylomelum is a genus of seven species in the plant family Proteaceae.
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Xylose
Xylose (cf. ξύλον, xylon, "wood") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae
