''Bleasdalea'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Proteaceae The Proteaceae form a family (biology), family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genus, genera with about 1,660 known species. Australia and South Africa have the greatest concentr ...

Taxonomy

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.

Species

The genus comprises two species which are native to northeastern

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

: *'' Bleasdalea bleasdalei'' *'' Bleasdalea papuana''

References

Proteaceae genera Proteales of Australia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Flora of New Guinea Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1921 Taxa named by Karel Domin {{Proteaceae-stub