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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Proteaceae

PROTEACEAE

Fls perfect or unisexual, 4-merous, in racemes or heads. Per. petaloid, valvate, tubular in bud. Stamens opp. lobes, filaments adnate, ovary 1-celled, ovules 1 to several, style simple; fr. various, seeds often winged, endosperm 0. Trees or shrubs with us. alt. exstipulate lvs. Some 50 genera and over 950 spp., mostly of Australia and S. Africa.

Key

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Lvs entire, fr. drupaceous, fls yellowish
1. PERSOONIA
Lvs serrate, fr. a woody follicle, fls red
2. KNIGHTIA
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