Leucadendron

Leucadendron
Leucadendron argenteum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Proteoideae
Tribe: Leucadendreae
Subtribe: Leucadendrinae
Genus: Leucadendron
R.Br.
Natural range of the genus
Synonyms[1]
  • Chasme Salisb. (1807)
  • Euryspermum Salisb. (1807)
  • Gissonia Salisb. ex Knight (1809)
  • Lepidocarpus Adans. (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Protea L. (1753), nom. rej.
  • Vionaea Neck. (1790), opus utique oppr.
Leucadendron salignum

Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos ecoregion and vegetation type.[1]

  1. ^ a b Leucadendron R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 September 2023.