Waratah family : PROTEACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Adenanthos sericeus Woolly Bush Sydney, June 2008	Alloxylon flammeum Tree Waratah Brisbane, August 2008	Banksia ericifolia Heath-leaved Banksia Sydney, August 2006	Banksia integrifolia Coastal Banksia Sydney, August 2006
Banksia spinulosa Hairpin Banksia Sydney, August 2006	Buckinghamia celsissima Ivory Curl Tree Bundaberg, January 2007	Dryandra formosa Showy Dryandra Wyee, October 2007	Floydia praealta Ball Nut Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney February 2009
Grevillea alpina Cats Claws Upper Beaconsfield, September 2002 Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Grevillea banksii Red Silky Oak Sydney, August 2006	Grevillea buxifolia Grey Spider Flower Sydney, December 2008	Grevillea x hookeriana 'Poorinda Blondie' Sydney, August 2006
Grevillea iaspicula Wee Jasper Grevillea Canberra, June 2009 Photos: courtesy of Halina Steele	Grevillea juniperina Prickly Grevillea Sydney, August 2006	Grevillea longistyla Long Styled Grevillea Melbourne, December 2007	Grevillea "Poorinda rondeau" Poorinda rondeau Wyee, September 2008 plus Oenochroma vinaria
Grevillea robusta Silky Oak Sydney, August 2006	Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' Robyn Gordon Melbourne, December 2007 specimen: courtesy of Sara Miranda	Hakea bakeriana Baker's Hakea Wyee, August 2000	Hakea cristata Snail Hakea Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, November 2007
Hakea dactyloides Finger Hakea Gold Coast, October 2008 Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen	Hakea sericea Needlebush Concord, April 2008	Isopogon anemonifolius Drumsticks Wyee, October 2008	Lambertia formosa Mountain Devil Wyee, June 2007
Leucadendron laureolum Golden Conebush Sydney, September 2006	Leucospermum gerrardii Soapstone Pincushion Sydney, September 2006	Leucospermum mundii Langeberg Pincushion Sydney, September 2006	Macadamia integrifolia Smooth Queensland Nut Wyee, October 2006
Persoonia juniperina Prickly Geebung Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Persoonia levis Broad Leaf Geebung Sydney, November 2009 Photo: courtesy of Rolf Beck	Persoonia pinifolia Pine-leaved Geebung Sydney, January 2012	Serruria florida Blushing Bride Sydney, September 2006

Stenocarpus sinuatus Firewheel Tree Wyee, March 2006

Telopea speciosissima Waratah Sydney, October 2006

The caterpillars of some Australian Butterflies and Moths feed on plants in PROTEACEAE including:

Anthela varia Carthaea saturnioides Candalides cyprotus Oenochroma vinaria Mecytha fasciata Eochrois callianassa Acmotoma magniferella Coequosa triangularis Danima banksii Xylorycta luteotactella Arotrophora arcuatalis Assara seminivale

Cryptophlebia ombrodelta

Cryptoptila australana

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Australian butterflies

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(updated 4 January 2013, 3 August 2015)