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189.0000 Family Proteaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 78 (1789), nom. cons.
80 genera, ca. 1830 spp. Phylogeny: mostly following Onstein et al. (2016)
Species listed in database: 1845; hybrids: 2
= Banksiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 235 (1820)
= Lepidocarpaceae Schultz Sch.; Nat. Syst. Pflanzenr. 374 (1832)
189.5201 Genus Petrophile R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 67 (1810) ex Knight, Prot. 92 (1809)
Distribution: Australia
Species listed in database: 64
= Arthrostygma Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 141 (1841)
= Atylus Salisb.; Parad. Lond. sub t. 67 (1807)
species :
Petrophile acicularis R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 69 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: around Albany and extending westwards to around Denmark and Bow River)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Protea acicularis (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 559 (1816)
species :
Petrophile aculeata Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 474 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Alexander Morrison Natl Park, west of Coorow and another locality south of Eneabba)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile anceps R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 5 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Stirling Range)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile linearis var. anceps (R.Br.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 324 (1870)
species :
Petrophile antecedens Hislop & Rye; Nuytsia 14(3): 368 (2002)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile arcuata Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 474 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: between Southern Cross and Coolgardie, with many collections from near Boorabin, also extending south to Peak Charles)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile aspera C.A.Gardner ex Foreman; Muelleria 7(2): 304 (1990)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: between Narrogin and Lake Grace to just north of the Stirling Range)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile biloba R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 7 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Darling Range from the Canning River area to near Wannamal)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile argyrotricha Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 226 (1919)
= Petrophile chrysotricha Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 226 (1919)
species :
Petrophile biternata Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 69 (1855)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Moora-Watheroo and Murchison River areas and just south of New Norcia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile brevifolia Lindl.; Sketch Veg. Swan R. 35 (1839)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Kalbarri Natl Park to near Ongerup)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile media var. brevifolia (Lindl.) Domin; Vĕstn. Král. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1921-22(2): 2 (1923)
species :
Petrophile canescens A.Cunn. ex R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 6 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Blackdown Tableland and Carnarvon Gorge in Queensland to the S-tablelands of New South Wales)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile pulchella var. canescens (A.Cunn. ex R.Br.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 24 (1921)
species :
Petrophile carduacea Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14(1): 274 (1856)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Stirling Range and nearby areas)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile chrysantha Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 68 (1855)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Regans Ford to around Eneabba and extends eastwards to Marchagee)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile circinnata Kippist ex Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 67 (1855)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: east of Pingelly to near Boorabbin and south to the area around Lake Grace and Lake King)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile clavata Hislop & Rye; Nuytsia 14(3): 369 (2002)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile conifera Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 67 (1855)
subspecies :
subsp. conifera
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: N of Geraldton)
50 AUS
subspecies :
subsp. divaricata Hislop & K.A.Sheph.; Nuytsia 21(2): 46 (-47, 44; fig. 2) (2011)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile crispata R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 6 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: west of Cranbrook to Cheyne Bay and north to near Woodanilling)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile cyathiforma Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 474 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Corrigin to the Fitzgerald River Natl Park)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile divaricata R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 7 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Eneabba to the Stirling Range and Albany district and eastwards to the Fitzgerald River Natl Park)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile intricata Lindl.; Sketch Veg. Swan R. 35 (1839)
species :
Petrophile diversifolia R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 70 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Blackwood River to the Stirling Range and near Bremer Bay)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile adiantifolia Sm. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14(1): 274 (1856)
= Petrophile rhoifolia Sm. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 274 (1856)
= Protea diversifolia (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 559 (1816), nom. inval.
species :
Petrophile drummondii Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 496 (1845)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: throughout Irwin and Avon districts)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile triternata Kippist ex Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 67 (1855)
species :
Petrophile ericifolia R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 5 (1830)
subspecies :
subsp. ericifolia
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Fitzgerald River Natl Park to the Stirling Range and Lake Wagin and in the vicinity of Lake Grace, also in the Southern Cross-Coolgardie area)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile ericifolia f. subglabra Domin; Vĕstn. Král. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1921-22(2): 4 (1923)
subspecies :
subsp. subpubescens (Domin) Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 475 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: between Northam and Kellerberrin, with two more northerly collections from near Watheroo and Piawaning)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile ericifolia f. subpubescens Domin; Vĕstn. Král. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1921-22(2): 4 (1923)
species :
Petrophile fastigiata R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 76 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Ravensthorpe to Mt Burdett)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Protea fastigiata (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 559 (1816), nom. inval.
species :
Petrophile filifolia R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 69 (1810)
subspecies :
subsp. filifolia
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
subspecies :
subsp. laxa Rye & Hislop; Nuytsia 15(3): 469 (2005)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile foremanii Rye & Hislop; Nuytsia 21(2): 47 (2011)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile glauca Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 475 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: between Wagin and Lake King to Frank Hann Natl Park, extending north to Corrigin and south to East Mt Barren)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile globifera Rye & K.A.Sheph.; Nuytsia 21(2): 49 (2011)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile helicophylla Foreman; Muelleria 7(2): 301 (1990)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: NW of Ravensthorpe and NE of Jerramungup)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile heterophylla Lindl.; Sketch Veg. Swan R. 35 (1839)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Stirling Range and to about midway between Ravensthorpe and Esperance, also northwards through the Narrogin area to near Chittering)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile heterophylla var. angustifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 274 (1856)
= Petrophile heterophylla var. intermedia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 274 (1856)
= Petrophile heterophylla var. latifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 274 (1856)
species :
Petrophile imbricata Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 475 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: vicinity of Dryandra State Forest, Boddington, the Boyagin Nature Reserve and near Katanning)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile incurvata W.Fitzg.; J. Bot. 50: 22 (1912)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: E-side of Lake Moore and south to Wubin)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile semifurcata var. planifolia F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 10: 47 (1876)
species :
Petrophile latericola Keighery; W. Austral. Naturalist 27(2): 103 (2010)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile linearis R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 6 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: coastal plain and Darling Range from Jurien Bay/Eneabba to Yallingup)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile falcata A.Cunn. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 14: 267 (1856)
= Petrophile linearis var. microcephala Domin; Vĕstn. Král. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1921-22(2): 2 (1923)
species :
Petrophile longifolia R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 5 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Cranbrook, Mt Barker and Stirling Range areas, but extending eastwards towards Bremer Bay and the Fitzgerald River Natl Park)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile longifolia var. caulescens R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 5 (1830)
= Petrophile longifolia var. lorea R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 5 (1830)
= Petrophile longifolia var. tenuifolia Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 322 (1870)
species :
Petrophile macrostachya R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 7 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Kalbarri Natl Park to north of Gingin)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile media R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 5 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Darling Range, around the Stirling Range and Mt Barker and eastwards towards Ravensthorpe)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile media var. juncifolia (Lindl.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: p. ? (1870)
= Petrophile juncifolia Lindl.; Sketch Veg. Swan R. 35 (1839)
species :
Petrophile megalostegia F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 10: 61 (1876)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Mullewa to Eneabba and south to around Watheroo)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile merrallii Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 476 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Southern Cross and Muntadgin and south to localities between Pingrup and Lake Grace)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile misturata Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 476 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Quairading, also recorded near Tammin and between Hines Hill and Bruce Rock)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile multisecta F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 6: 242 (1868)
Distribution: Australia (South Australia: Kangaroo Isl.)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile nivea Hislop & Rye; Nuytsia 14(3): 372 (2002)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile pauciflora Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 476 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Yalgoo bioregion)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile pedunculata R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 70 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales: frequent throughout the C- & S-coast and the central tablelands)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile bakersiana Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 226 (1919)
= Petrophile obtusifida Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 226 (1919)
species :
Petrophile phylicoides R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 6 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Stirling Range to Israelite Bay and north to near Tarin Rock and Newdegate)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile ericifolia var. glabriflora Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 331 (1870)
= Petrophile glabriflora (Benth.) Domin; Vĕstn. Král. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1921-22, 2: 3 (1923)
species :
Petrophile pilostyla Rye & Hislop; Nuytsia 15(3): 476 (2005)
subspecies :
subsp. pilostyla
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
subspecies :
subsp. austrina Rye & Hislop; Nuytsia 15(3): 477 (2005)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
subspecies :
subsp. syntoma Rye & Hislop; Nuytsia 15(3): 479 (2005)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile plumosa Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 69 (1855)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Moore River area)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile prostrata Rye & Hislop; Nuytsia 15(3): 480 (2005)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile pulchella (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 69 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (New South Wales: coastal and central tablelands, SE-Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Atylus fucifolia (Salisb.) Salisb.; Parad. Lond. sub t. 67 (1807)
= Petrophile fucifolia (Salisb.) Knight; Cult. Prot. 92 (1809)
= Protea dichotoma Cav.; Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 239 (1799)
= Protea fucifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 48 (1796)
= Protea pulchella Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.; Sert. Hannov. 15 (1796)
species :
Petrophile recurva Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 477 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: east of Jurien Bay to Moora and to the north of Gingin)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile rigida R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 69 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Protea rigida (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 559 (1816), nom. inval.
species :
Petrophile scabriuscula Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 495 (1845)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: south of Moora to Kalbarri Natl Park)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile ericifolia var. scabriuscula (Meisn.) Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 331 (1870)
species :
Petrophile semifurcata F.Muell. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 335 (1870)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: between Geraldton and Kalbarri)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile seminuda Lindl.; Sketch Veg. Swan R. 34 (1839)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Geraldton to the Fitzgerald River Natl Park on the Darling Range to near Southern Cross)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Isopogon pedunculatus R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 7 (1830)
= Petrophile seminuda var. indivisa Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 333 (1870)
species :
Petrophile septemfida Rye & K.A.Sheph.; Nuytsia 21(2): 53 (-55, 44; fig. 2) (2011)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile serruriae R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 6 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Geraldton to near Albany)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile axillaris Meisn.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 68 (1855)
= Petrophile glanduligera Lindl.; Sketch Veg. Swan R. 35 (1839)
species :
Petrophile sessilis Sieber ex Schult.; Mant. 3 [Schultes & Schultes f.]: 262 (1827)
Distribution: Jawa [I]; Australia (New South Wales: central coast to the central and S-tablelands)
42 jaw 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile pulchella var. sessilis (Sieber ex Schult.) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 89: 24 (1921)
species :
Petrophile shirleyae F.M.Bailey; Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland [ii] 17 (1891)
Distribution: Australia (SE-coastal districts of Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile shuttleworthiana Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2: 246 (1848)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Moore River to Kalbarri and inland to near Wongan Hills and Watheroo)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile squamata R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 70 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile colorata Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2: 246 (1848)
= Petrophile cunninghamii Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 499 (1845)
= Petrophile cunninghamii var. brachyphylla Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 499 (1845)
= Petrophile cunninghamii var. gracilis A.Cunn. ex Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 499 (1845)
= Petrophile cunninghamii var. major Meisn.; Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1: 499 (1845)
= Petrophile gracilis A.Cunn. ex Endl.; Gen. Pl. [Endlicher], Suppl. 4(2): 76 (1848)
= Petrophile propinqua R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 7 (1830)
= Petrophile propinqua var. sericiflora Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 5: 325 (1870)
= Petrophile trifida R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 70 (1810), non P. trifida Lodd., nom. illeg.
= Protea squamata (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 560 (1816)
= Protea trifida (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 560 (1816)
species :
Petrophile striata R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 6 (1830)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: Eneabba to Wagin, in the Darling Range and to nearby parts of the coastal plain)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile stylaris Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 226 (1919)
= Petrophile dasyclada Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 226 (1919)
species :
Petrophile stricta C.A.Gardner ex Foreman; Muelleria 7(2): 307 (1990)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: drier parts of inland)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile teretifolia R.Br.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 68 (1810)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near the Stirling Range to Israelite Bay)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Petrophile crassifolia R.Br.; Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (Prot. Nov.) 5 (1830)
= Petrophile longifolia A.Cunn. ex Endl.; Gen. Pl. [Endlicher], Suppl. 4(2): 75 (1848)
= Protea teretifolia (R.Br.) Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 559 (1816), nom. inval.
species :
Petrophile trifurcata Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 479 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: near Wongan Hills and between Watheroo and Coorow)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile vana Cranfield & T.D.Macfarl.; Nuytsia 17: 154 (2007)
Distribution: Australia (WC-Western Australia 3 localities NE and SE of Yalgoo)
50 AUS
species :
Petrophile wonganensis Foreman; Fl. Australia 16: 479 (1995)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia: vicinity of Wongan Hills, but extends east to Cowcowing)
50 AUS
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