Protea cynaroides vs protea

Protea cynaroides and protea both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Protea cynaroides	Yes	No	No	No
protea	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, protea is a hypernym of Protea cynaroides; that is, protea is a word with a broader meaning than Protea cynaroides:

Protea cynaroides: South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
protea: any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

Protea cynaroides (noun)	protea (noun)
South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes	any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones