Proteaceae
Inflorescence of Protea cynaroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae Juss.
Genera
About 80, see text

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genera but fewer than 2000 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales.

Subfamilies

Traditionally divided in two subfamilies:Persoonioideae and Grevilleoideae. Recently, workers have recognized seven subfamilies:

• Persoonioideae,
• Bellendenoideae,
• Eidotheoideae,
• Proteoideae,
• Sphalmioideae,
• Carnarvonioideae
• Grevilleoideae