Isopogon | |
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Isopogon cuneatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Subfamily: | Proteoideae |
Tribe: | Leucadendreae |
Subtribe: | Isopogoninae |
Genus: | Isopogon R.Br. ex Knight[1] |
Type species | |
Isopogon anemonifolius[2] | |
Species | |
39 species (see text) | |
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium |
Isopogon, commonly known as conesticks, conebushes or coneflowers,[3] is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, and are endemic to Australia. They are shrubs with rigid leaves, bisexual flowers in a dense spike or "cone" and the fruit is a small, hairy nut.