Bleasdalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
| Bleasdalea | |
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| Bleasdalea papuana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Tribe: | Macadamieae |
| Subtribe: | Gevuininae |
| Genus: | Bleasdalea F.Muell. |
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Molecular and morphological analysis shows this genus is most closely related to the genus Hicksbeachia, ancestors of the two genera having diverged around 15 million years ago in the Miocene.[1]
The genus comprises two species which are native to north-east Australia and New Guinea:[2]
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