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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" align="right" cellpadding="2" !align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen|Protea |- !align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen|Scientific classification |- | {| ||Kingdom:|||Plantae |- ||Division:|||Magnoliophyta |- ||Class:|||Magnoliopsida |- ||Order:|||Proteales |- ||Family:|||Proteaceae |- ||Genus:|||Protea |} |- !align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|Species |- |align="center"|see text |}
Protea is a genus of flowers in the family Proteaceae, consisting of tropical African shrubs.
List of species (selection)

