Proteales is an order of flowering plants comprising three or four families in the eudicot clade, including Proteaceae, Platanaceae, Nelumbonaceae, and Sabiaceae. Its members range from South African proteas and Australian banksias and macadamias to planetrees and the sacred lotus, with Proteaceae concentrated in the Southern Hemisphere and Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae in the Northern Hemisphere. Fossil evidence traces the order back to the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121 to 126 million years ago.
Facts
Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21838, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Proteales
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
In Group: Other Eudicot Orders, Lead
Proteales is an order of flowering plants consisting of three (or four) families.
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Proteales
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 2019
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Proteales
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Proteales" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 241.464 ... "early_interval": "Ladinian"
Wikidata: Proteales
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