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Genus: Hakea (Needlebushes) 

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales > Family: Proteaceae

About 110 species, all native to Australia. At least three species have become naturalised in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal and are considered weeds.

Species introduced to South Africa

Hakea suaveolens

 

Hakea sericea

Hakea gibbosa

 
 

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