Bleasdalea

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Basal Eudicots > Proteales > Proteaceae > Bleasdalea

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• The genus comprises two species which are native to north-east Australia and New Guinea:

  • Bleasdalea bleasdalei Australia

  • Bleasdalea papuana New Guinea

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• World:           2

• Australia:     1

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• Taxonomy

  • Bleasdalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae

  • 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

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleasdalea (2023)