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 ⓘ