
%0 Journal Article
%A Itzstein-Davey, Freea 
%T The representation of Proteaceae in modern pollen rain in species-rich vegetation communities in south-western Australia
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 2003/04/11
%V 51
%N 2
%P 135-149
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT02048
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT02048 
%X The Proteaceae family is a large Gondwanan plant family with a major centre of richness in south-western Australia. Modern pollen&#8211;vegetation relationships in the two areas of species richness in the northern and southern sandplains of south-western Australia were investigated to calibrate fossil-pollen studies concurrently conducted on Eocene, Pliocene and Quaternary sediment. Results indicated that the Proteaceae component in modern pollen rain can be quite high, contributing up to 50% of the count. Some sites showed a dominant type (such as Banksia&#8211;Dryandra), whilst others had up to six different genera represented. Exactly how and when the biodiversity of Proteaceae in south-western Australia developed is unknown. This work provides a benchmark for comparisons with studied fossil material to unravel patterns of diversity of this family in south-western Australia. 
