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]
Genera of Proteaceae | |
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