Adenanthos

Adenanthos
Inflorescence and foliage of A. cuneatus (Coastal Jugflower), the type species of Adenanthos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Proteoideae
Tribe:	Leucadendreae
Subtribe:	Adenanthinae
Genus:	Adenanthos Labill.
Type species
Adenanthos cuneatus Labill.
Species
A. detmoldii A. barbiger A. obovatus A. × pamela A. drummondii A. dobagii A. apiculatus A. linearis A. pungens A. pungens subsp. pungens A. pungens subsp. effusus A. gracilipes A. venosus A. dobsonii A. glabrescens A. glabrescens subsp. glabrescens A. glabrescens subsp. exasperatus A. ellipticus A. cuneatus A. stictus A. ileticos A. forrestii A. eyrei A. cacomorphus A. flavidiflorus A. argyreus A. macropodianus A. terminalis A. sericeus A. sericeus subsp. sericeus A. sericeus subsp. sphalma A. × cunninghamii A. oreophilus A. cygnorum A. cygnorum subsp. cygnorum A. cygnorum subsp. chamaephyton A. meisneri A. velutinus A. filifolius A. labillardierei A. acanthophyllus

Adenanthos is a genus of Australian native shrubs in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. Variable in habit and leaf shape, it is the only genus in the family where solitary flowers are the norm. It was discovered in 1791, and formally published by Jacques Labillardière in 1805. The type species is Adenanthos cuneatus, and 33 species are recognised. The genus is placed in subfamily Proteoideae, and is held to be most closely related to several South African genera.

Endemic to Australia, its centre of diversity is southwest Western Australia, where 31 species occur. The other two species occur in South Australia and western Victoria (Australia). They are mainly pollinated by birds.