Protea are evergreen flowering shrubs or tall trees depending on the variety. Native to South Africa, the Protea genus with its more than 1,000 species is at home in a warm, dry climate.

Wood from the Protea nitida tree was once used for wagons, but otherwise proteas have proved precious for their flowers, which, despite not being especially fragrant — except, says the Cape ...

It shows that in the distant past ancestors of the Protea genus and larger Proteaceae family lost the specific genes that allow many other plants to have a mutually beneficial, nutrient-extracting ...

Ali Minney and her family are third-generation owners of Malolo Farm in Kula, Maui. The farm offers seasonal arrangements and wholesale Protea flowers and plants to local florists, and ships them ...

So, how did this iconic group of plants get here? Our study relied on two approaches. We used a DNA assessment of the entire protea family to create an evolutionary tree. Then we inserted key ...

From left: an open lei with shells, pincushion protea and braided dracaena leaves ... dried leaves from the hala tree, using techniques more common in Tahiti, where she was born and raised.