Mimetes

Mimetes
Mimetes cucullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Mimetes Salisb.

Mimetes is a genus of plants in the large family Proteaceae. This genus, as with other proteas, is popular with nectivorous birds such as the Cape Sugarbird and several sunbird species.

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

• Mimetes arboreus, Rourke
• Mimetes chrysanthus, J.P. Rourke
• Mimetes cucullata, R.Br.
• Mimetes fimbriifolius, Salisb. ex Knight
• Mimetes hirtus
• and approx 37 more ^[1]

References

1. ^ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results". the Plant Names Project. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=320440A1D8DD45C86E378963DDCBF57C?find_family=&find_genus=Mimetes&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch. Retrieved 2008-01-31.