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Definition of Proteales
1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Proteaceae.
Exact synonyms: Order Proteales
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Class Dicotyledonae, Class Dicotyledones, Class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida
Member holonyms: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Class Dicotyledonae, Class Dicotyledones, Class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida
Member holonyms: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proteales
Literary usage of Proteales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... been recognized in the deposits of the Mesozoic and Tertiary periods. The number
of species now living amounts to about 4200. Alliance XXXVI.—proteales. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The order proteales includes the single family Proteaceae with about one thousand
existing species. They include the prominent arborescent forms of ..."