#Hakea belongs to the ancient plant family #Proteaceae, which split into two subfamilies, #Grevilleoideae in #Australia and #Proteoideae in #southafrica before the separation of the #Gondwanaland continent around 140 million years ago.

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Proteaceae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae

Grevilleoideae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevilleoideae

Proteoideae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteoideae

Gondwana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondwana

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