Telopea

E472383

Telopea is a small genus of striking Australian flowering shrubs best known for the waratah, a state floral emblem characterized by its large, bright red inflorescences.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Telopea canonical 4
Telopea oreades 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant genus
taxon
adaptation fire-adapted
clade Angiosperms
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Eudicots
describedBy Robert Brown
distributionRegion New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
family Proteaceae
floralEmblemOf New South Wales
flowerCharacteristic large inflorescences
flowerColor bright red
fruitType woody follicle
growthForm shrub
small tree
habitat heathland
sclerophyll forest
woodland
hasCommonName waratah
hasLanguageOrigin Greek language
hasSpecies Telopea aspera
Telopea mongaensis
Telopea oreades
linked to: Telopea

Telopea speciosissima
Telopea truncata
inflorescenceType dense terminal head
kingdom Plantae
leafType evergreen
nameEtymology derived from Greek "telopos" meaning "seen from afar"
nativeTo Australia
eastern Australia
order Proteales
pollination bird-pollinated
insect-pollinated
regenerationStrategy resprouting from lignotuber after fire
seed germination after fire
reproductiveStructure compound flower head
seedDispersal wind-dispersed seeds
subfamily Grevilleoideae
taxonRank genus
typeSpecies Telopea speciosissima
usedAs cut flower crop
ornamental plant
yearDescribed 1810

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proteaceae hasGenus Telopea
Telopea hasSpecies Telopea oreades
linked to: Telopea
Grevilleoideae containsTaxon Telopea
Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 passesThrough Telopea