Proteales

Proteales; Temporal range:
	Protea cynaroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales; Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Families
	Nelumbonaceae; Platanaceae; Proteaceae; Sabiaceae;
Synonyms
	synonymy Meliosmales; C. Y. Wu et al. ; Nelumbonales; Martius ; Nelumbonanae; Reveal ; Nelumbonidae; Takhtajan ; Nelumbonineae; Shipunov ; Nelumbonopsida; Endlicher ; Platanales; Martius ; Proteanae; Takhtajan ; Proteinae; Reveal ; Proteopsida; Bartling ; Sabiales; Takhtajan ; Sabianae; Doweld ;

Proteales is an order of flowering plants consisting of three (or four) families. The Proteales have been recognized by almost all taxonomists.

The representatives of the Proteales are very different from each other due to their very early divergence. What they have in common is seeds with little or no endosperm. The ovules are often atropic.

The oldest fossils of Proteales are of the nelumbonaceous genus Notocyamus from the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous of Brazil.^[2]

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^ Gobo, William Vieira; Kunzmann, Lutz; Iannuzzi, Roberto; dos Santos, Thamiris Barbosa; da Conceição, Domingas Maria; Rodrigues do Nascimento, Daniel; da Silva Filho, Wellington Ferreira; Bachelier, Julien B.; Coiffard, Clément (2023-06-02). "A new remarkable Early Cretaceous nelumbonaceous fossil bridges the gap between herbaceous aquatic and woody protealeans". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 8978. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33356-z. ISSN 2045-2322.

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[2] Gobo, William Vieira; Kunzmann, Lutz; Iannuzzi, Roberto; dos Santos, Thamiris Barbosa; da Conceição, Domingas Maria; Rodrigues do Nascimento, Daniel; da Silva Filho, Wellington Ferreira; Bachelier, Julien B.; Coiffard, Clément (2023-06-02). "A new remarkable Early Cretaceous nelumbonaceous fossil bridges the gap between herbaceous aquatic and woody protealeans". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 8978. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33356-z. ISSN 2045-2322.

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Proteales Temporal range:

Protea cynaroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl^[1]
Families
Nelumbonaceae Platanaceae Proteaceae Sabiaceae
Synonyms
synonymy Meliosmales C. Y. Wu et al. Nelumbonales Martius Nelumbonanae Reveal Nelumbonidae Takhtajan Nelumbonineae Shipunov Nelumbonopsida Endlicher Platanales Martius Proteanae Takhtajan Proteinae Reveal Proteopsida Bartling Sabiales Takhtajan Sabianae Doweld