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Proteas are a family of shrubs with unusual and beautiful flowers.
Most South African Proteaceae occur in the Cape, hugging the coast and mountainous regions eastwards to Port Elizabeth and spreading up the west coast to Vanrhynsdorp. The genera concerned are Aulax, Leucadendron, Paranomus, Serruria,Faurea, Sorocephalus, Spatalla, Protea, Diastella, Mimetes, Orothamnus, Leucospermum, Brabejum and Vexatorella . Proteas are a part of fynbos. They grow in variable soils that are generally poor with a predominance of Table Mountain sandstone, particularly in the mountainous regions. Proteaceae also grow in Bokkeveld shale which has a high content of clay.