Proteacea

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Inflorescence of Protea cynaroides

Etymology

Either misspelling of Proteaceae or misconstruction Protea +‎ -acea (“ending sometimes used for taxonomic orders”)

Noun

Proteacea

(archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Proteales – Synonym of Proteaceae.

Hyponyms

(family): Leucadendron, Leucospermum, Serruria - selected genera

References

Proteaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Proteaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
“Proteaceae”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Proteacea at BHL-Australia at Biodiversity Heritage Library

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