''Strangea'' is a genus of three species of shrubs in the family Proteaceae native to Australia. The type species ''

Strangea linearis ''Strangea linearis'' is a shrub of the family Proteaceae The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with ...

'' was collected by

Frederick Strange Frederick Strange (? – 1854) was a collector of plant and animal specimens during the early colonisation of Australia. Strange was apparently born in Aylsham, in Norfolk, England, tentatively given as 1826 by his earliest biographer although ...

, at

Moreton Bay, Queensland Moreton Bay is a locality split between the City of Brisbane and the City of Redland, both in Queensland, Australia. The locality includes all of the bay Moreton Bay (water and islands) between the mainland of the City of Brisbane and the Ci ...

, and described by

Carl Meissner Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his ...

in 1855, the author giving an honour to Strange in the naming of the new genus.

Species

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Strangea stenocarpoides ''Strangea stenocarpoides'' is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding externa ...

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Strangea cynanchicarpa ''Strangea cynanchicarpa'' is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding extern ...

References

Proteaceae genera Proteales of Australia Endemic flora of Australia {{Australia-eudicot-stub