Hakea > Hakea Index

Hakeas are in the family Proteaceae, named after Baron von Hake, a German patron of botany. There are about about 150 species, with most found in Western Australia, and about 40 species in the eastern states. There are also some species found in Central Australia and South Australia.

Check out some of the Hakea genus/species listed here. Many thank to our contributors of grevillea images.

Click on the image to see information on the different hakeas.

Hakea cucullata (Hood Leaved Hakea), Stirling Range National Park © Terry Dunham
Hakea cucullata (Hood Leaved Hakea)
Fork-leaf Corkwood (Hakea divaricata), Alice Springs NT
Hakea divaricata (Fork-leaf Corkwood)
Hakea drupacea, Albany WA © Terry Dunham
Hakea drupacea (Sweet Hakea)
Hakea lasiocarpha, Southern WA © Terry Dunham
Hakea lasiocarpha
Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea or Kojet), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham
Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea or Kojet)
Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea), Stirling Range NP WA © Terry Dunham
Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea)
Needlewood (Hakea leucoptera), Alice Springs NT
Hakea leucoptera) (Needlewood)
Long-leaved Corkwood (Hakea lorea), Alice Springs, NT
Hakea lorea (Long-leaved Corkwood)
Walukara (Hakea rhombales)
Hakea rhombales (Walukara)
Hakea trifurcata (Two-leaf Hakea), Stirling Range National Park WA © Terry Dunham
Hakea trifurcata (Two-leaf Hakea)
Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea), Hopetoun, Fitzgerald River National Park WA © Terry Dunham
Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea)

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  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Proteanae
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Genus: Hakea

HakeaHakea Index Hakea divaricata (Fork-leaved Corkwood) Hakea drupacea (Sweet Hakea) Hakea lasiocarpha Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood) Hakea lorea (Long-leaved Corkwood) Hakea trifurcata (Two-leafed Hakea) Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea)

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