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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Floydia''
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = '''''Floydia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson|L.A.S.Johnson]] & [[Barbara Gillian Briggs|B.G.Briggs]]
| binomial = ''Floydia praealta''
| binomial_authority = ([[Ferdinand von Mueller|F.Muell.]]) [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson|L.A.S.Johnson]] & [[Barbara Gillian Briggs|B.G.Briggs]]
}}
'''''Floydia''''' is a [[monotypic]] species of [[tree]] in the family [[Proteaceae]] native to [[Australia]]. It is a somewhat rare tree found only growing in the [[rainforests]] of southeastern [[Queensland]] and northern [[New South Wales]]. The sole species is ''Floydia praealta'' and is commonly known as the ball nut or possum nut.
The tree has a superficial resemblance to the closely-related ''[[Macadamia]]'' and could be confused with them. The fruit of ''F. praealta'' is poisonous.
==External links==
*[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Floydia~praealta Description of plant, including pictures]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
[[Category:Proteaceae]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
{{proteaceae-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Floydia''
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Proteales]]
| familia = [[Proteaceae]]
| genus = '''''Floydia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson|L.A.S.Johnson]] & [[Barbara Gillian Briggs|B.G.Briggs]]
| binomial = ''Floydia praealta''
| binomial_authority = ([[Ferdinand von Mueller|F.Muell.]]) [[Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson|L.A.S.Johnson]] & [[Barbara Gillian Briggs|B.G.Briggs]]
}}
'''''Floydia''''' is a [[monotypic]] species of [[tree]] in the family [[Proteaceae]] native to [[Australia]]. It is a somewhat rare tree found only growing in the [[rainforests]] of southeastern [[Queensland]] and northern [[New South Wales]]. The sole species is ''Floydia praealta'' and is commonly known as the ball nut or possum nut.
The tree has a superficial resemblance to the closely-related ''[[Macadamia]]'' and could be confused with them. The fruit of ''F. praealta'' is poisonous.
==External links==
*[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Floydia~praealta Description of plant, including pictures]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
[[Category:Proteaceae]]
[[Category:Proteales of Australia]]
{{proteaceae-stub}}