Hakea

Hakea
Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Hakea
Species
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Hakea (Hakea) is a genus of about 110 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia, with the highest species diversity in Western Australia. They can reach 1-6 m in height, and have spirally arranged leaves 2-20 cm long, simple or compound, sometimes (e.g. H. suaveolens) with the leaflets thin cylindrical and rush-like. The flowers are produced in dense flowerheads of variable shape, globose to cylindrical, 3-10 cm long, with numerous small red, yellow, pink, purple, pale blue or white flowers.

Hakeas are popular ornamental plants in gardens in Australia; several hybrids and cultivars have been developed. They are best grown in beds of light soil which is watered but still well drained. In early summer new flowers can be seen which turn pointed by autumn and covered in ornamental scales which are coloured by small white hairs.

Hakeas are named after Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake, the 18th century German patron of botany, following Heinrich Schrader's description of Hakea teretifolia in 1797.

Hakea corymbosa

Hakea petiolaris

Hakea bakeriana

Species

Hakea amplexicaulis (Prickly Hakea) Hakea archaeoides Hakea auriculata Hakea bakeriana Hakea baxteri (Fan Hakea) Hakea bucculenta Hakea ceratophylla Hakea cinerea Hakea conchifolia Hakea coriacea Hakea corymbosa (Cauliflower Hakea) Hakea costata (Ribbed Hakea) Hakea crassifolia Hakea cristata Hakea cucullata (Scallops Hakea) Hakea cyclocarpa (Curved Fruit Hakea) Hakea dactyloides Hakea dohertyi Hakea elliptica Hakea epiglottis Hakea eriantha (Tree Hakea) Hakea falcata Hakea ferruginea Hakea flabellifolia Hakea florida Hakea florulenta Hakea francisiana (Grass Leaf Hakea) Hakea gibbosa Hakea gilbertii Hakea invaginata Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood Hakea) Hakea linearis Hakea lissocarpha (Honeybush Hakea) Hakea lissosperma

Hakea lorea Hakea megalosperma (Lesueur Hakea) Hakea microcarpa Hakea minyma Hakea muelleriana (Desert Hakea) Hakea multilineata Hakea myrtoides Hakea neurophylla Hakea nitida Hakea nodosa Hakea obtusa Hakea oleifolia Hakea orthorrhyncha (Bird Beak Hakea) Hakea pandanicarpa Hakea petiolaris (Sea Urchin Hakea) Hakea platysperma (Cricket Ball Hakea) Hakea propinqua Hakea prostrata Hakea pulvinifera Hakea purpurea Hakea pycnoneura Hakea recurva Hakea rhombales Hakea ruscifolia (Candle Spike Hakea) Hakea salicifolia Hakea scoparia Hakea sericea (Needlebush) Hakea suaveolens Hakea subsulcata Hakea sulcata Hakea teretifolia (Dagger Hakea) Hakea trifurcata Hakea trineura Hakea varia Hakea verrucosa Hakea victoria

References

• Barker WR, Barker RM, Haegi L (1999). "Hakea". In Wilson, Annette (ed.) (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 1–170. ISBN 0643064540. {{cite book}}: |editor= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Young, J. (2000). Hakeas of Western Australia: Botanical Districts of IRWIN and DARLING: The Northern Sandplains and The South-west Forest. ISBN 0-9585778-0-3