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Banksia Subser. Longistyles
''Banksia'' subser. ''Longistyles'' is a valid botanic name for a subseries of ''Banksia''. It was published by Kevin Thiele in 1996, but discarded by Alex George in 1999. Cladistics The name came about after a cladistic analysis of ''Banksia'' by Thiele and Pauline Ladiges yielded a phylogeny somewhat at odds with the accepted taxonomic arrangement, prompting them to publish a revised arrangement. Their cladogram contained clade a consisting of '' B. tricuspis'' (Lesueur banksia) and all of the taxa in George's ''B.'' ser. ''Abietinae'', implying that George's ''B.'' ser. ''Abietinae'' could be rendered monophyletic by transferring ''B. tricuspis'' into it. This clade resolved into four subclades, for which Thiele published four corresponding subseries. ''B.'' subser. ''Longistyles'' was based upon the second subclade: Taxonomy ''B.'' subser. ''Longistyles'' was formally defined as containing those taxa with very long and slender styles, and with smo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Pulchella
''Banksia pulchella'', commonly known as teasel banksia, is a species of small shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth grey bark, linear leaves and golden-brown flowers in short, cylindrical heads and inconspicuous follicles. Description ''Banksia pulchella'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has smooth grey bark but does not form a lignotuber. The leaves are narrow linear, long and about wide on a petiole long. The leaves have a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are golden-brown with bright yellow styles and are arranged in short cylindrical heads long and wide at flowering. There are small involucral bracts at the base of the head but that fall off as the flowers develop. The perianth is long and the pistil long and hooked. Flowering occurs in January, March or May to October. The follicles are long, up to high and wide and inconspicuous, although the old flowers fall from the head. Taxonomy and naming ''Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Incana
''Banksia incana'', commonly known as the hoary banksia, is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has hairy stems, narrow linear leaves, heads of bright yellow flowers and later, up to thirty-six follicles covered with greyish hairs in each head. Description ''Banksia incana'' grows as a shrub, typically high and wide with many stems arising from a woody lignotuber. The stems are covered woolly, greyish hairs. The leaves are narrow linear, long and wide on petiole long and with a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are borne on a spherical head in diameter. The flowers are bright yellow, sometimes reddish, the perianth long and the pistil long and hooked. Flowering occurs from November to April and up to thirty-six prominent, egg-shaped follicles, long, high and wide form in each head, the old flowers having fallen. The follicles are covered with short, greyish hairs. Taxonomy Carl Meissner noted the hoary banksia as a distinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Australia (series)
''Flora of Australia'' is a 59 volume series describing the vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens present in Australia and its external territories. The series is published by the Australian Biological Resources Study who estimate that the series when complete will describe over 20 000 plant species.Orchard, A. E. 1999. Introduction. In A. E. Orchard, ed. ''Flora of Australia - Volume 1'', 2nd edition pp 1-9. Australian Biological Resources Study It was orchestrated by Alison McCusker. Series Volume 1 of the series was published in 1981, a second extended edition was released in 1999. The series uses the Cronquist system of taxonomy. The ABRS also published the ''Fungi of Australia'', the ''Algae of Australia'' and the ''Flora of Australia Supplementary Series''. A new online ''Flora of Australia'' was launched by ABRS in 2017, and no more printed volumes will be published. Volumes published :1. Introduction (1st edition) 1981 :1. Introduction (2nd edition) 1999 Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Meisneri
''Banksia meisneri'', commonly known as Meisner's banksia, is a shrub that is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It has crowded, more or less linear leaves and in winter and spring, spikes of golden brown flowers followed by furry fruit which usually only open after fire. Description ''Banksia meisneri'' is a shrub which grow to a height of up to with a single stem at the base but much branched above. The branches are covered with woolly hair and have crowded linear to narrow elliptic leaves that are long and wide. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, the upper surface is woolly at first, becoming glabrous as it matures and the lower surface is woolly but mostly hidden by the rolled edges. The flower spikes develop mostly on side branches and are long and wide with small, hairy bracts at the base of the flowers. The flowers are golden brown with yellow styles, curved at the tip and the perianth is long and hairy on the outside. The infru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Coccinea
''Banksia coccinea'', commonly known as the scarlet banksia, waratah banksia or Albany banksia, is an erect shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae. Its distribution in the wild is along the south west coast of Western Australia, from Denmark to the Stokes National Park, and north to the Stirling Range, growing on white or grey sand in shrubland, heath or open woodland. Reaching up to in height, it is a single-stemmed plant that has oblong leaves, which are long and wide. The prominent red and white flower spikes appear mainly in the spring. As they age they develop small follicles that store seeds until opened by fire. Though widely occurring, it is highly sensitive to dieback and large populations of plants have succumbed to the disease. Collected and described by Robert Brown in the early 19th century, ''Banksia coccinea'' appears to be most closely related to ''Banksia speciosa'' and '' B. baxteri''. ''Banksia coccinea'' plants are killed by bushfire, and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Ashbyi
''Banksia ashbyi'', commonly known as Ashby's banksia, is a species of shrub or small tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth, grey bark, deeply serrated, hairy leaves and spikes of bright orange flowers. Description ''Banksia ashbyi'' is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of and sometimes forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, grey bark and young stems that are hairy at first but become glabrous as they age. The leaves are broadly linear, long and wide and deeply serrated, the serrations triangular with sharply pointed tips. The flower spikes are bright orange, long and in diameter, each perianth long. Flowering occurs from February to May or July to December and the fruits are numerous smooth, elliptical to round follicles long, high and wide with a covering of short, soft hairs. Taxonomy and naming ''Banksia ashbyi'' was first formally described in 1934 by Edmund Gilbert Baker in the ''Journal of Botany, British and Foreign''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Attenuata
''Banksia attenuata'', commonly known as the candlestick banksia, slender banksia, or biara to the Noongar people, is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. Commonly a tree, it reaches high, but it is often a shrub in drier areas high. It has long, narrow, serrated leaves and bright yellow inflorescences, or flower spikes, held above the foliage, which appear in spring and summer. The flower spikes age to grey and swell with the development of the woody follicles. The candlestick banksia is found across much of the southwest of Western Australia, from north of Kalbarri National Park down to Cape Leeuwin and across to Fitzgerald River National Park. English botanist John Lindley had named material collected by Australian botanist James Drummond ''Banksia cylindrostachya'' in 1840, but this proved to be the same as the species named ''Banksia attenuata'' by Scottish botanist Robert Brown 30 years earlier in 1810, and thus Brown's name took precedence. Within the genus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Lullfitzii
''Banksia lullfitzii'' is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has linear leaves with widely-spaced, sharply-pointed teeth on the sides, golden-orange to orange-brown flowers, and later, up to thirty follicles in each head. Description ''Banksia lullfitzii'' is a much-branched, often sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has linear leaves long and wide on a petiole long with widely-shaped, sharply-pointed teeth on the sides. The flowers are arranged in an oval to cylindrical head long and wide when the flowers open. The flowers are golden-orange to orange-brown with the perianth long and a curved pistil long. Flowering occurs from March to May and up to thirty follicles develop in each head but partly hidden by the remains of the flowers. The follicles are elliptical, long, high and wide. Taxonomy and naming First described by Charles Gardner in 1966, ''B. lullfitzii'' was named in ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Baueri
''Banksia baueri'', commonly known as the woolly banksia, is a species of shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has serrated leaves and a distinctively large and hairy looking inflorescence with cream, yellow or brown flowers, and hairy fruit. Description ''Banksia baueri'' grows as a many-branched spreading shrub reaching high, and wide but does not form a lignotuber. Its bark is thin and grey with long fissures, while new growth is covered in fine pale brown fur. New growth occurs in summer. The leaves are usually narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide with serrated edges, tapering to a petiole long. The inflorescence develops over 5–6 months, and can reach in diameter, high and is borne on a short side branch. The flowers are cream, yellow or brown and hairy, the perianth long and the pistil long with a glabrous style. The fruit is a hairy, elliptical follicle long. Taxonomy Robert Brown described '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incertae Sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is indicated by ' (of uncertain family), ' (of uncertain suborder), ' (of uncertain order) and similar terms. Examples *The fossil plant '' Paradinandra suecica'' could not be assigned to any family, but was placed ''incertae sedis'' within the order Ericales when described in 2001. * The fossil '' Gluteus minimus'', described in 1975, could not be assigned to any known animal phylum. The genus is therefore ''incertae sedis'' within the kingdom Animalia. * While it was unclear to which order the New World vultures (family Cathartidae) should be assigned, they were placed in Aves ''incertae sedis''. It was later agreed to place them in a separate order, Cathartiformes. * Bocage's longbill, ''Motacilla boc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Elegans
''Banksia elegans'', commonly known as the elegant banksia, is a species of woody shrub that is endemic to a relatively small area of Western Australia. Reaching high, it is a suckering shrub that rarely reproduces by seed. The round to oval yellow flower spikes appear in spring and summer. Swiss botanist Carl Meissner described ''Banksia elegans'' in 1856. It is most closely related to the three species in the subgenus ''Isostylis''. Description ''Banksia elegans'' grows as a many-stemmed spreading shrub to high. It commonly sends up suckers from either the roots or trunk. The trunk is up to in diameter and covered with grey tessellated bark. The new stems are covered with fine hair and become smooth with maturity. New growth mainly occurs in summer. The long thin pale blue-green leaves are long and wide. Their margins are prominently serrated in a saw-tooth pattern with triangular teeth and v-shaped sinuses. The yellow flower spikes, or inflorescences, are oval or spheric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Subg
''Banksia'' is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes, and fruiting "cones" and heads. ''Banksias'' range in size from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall. They are found in a wide variety of landscapes: sclerophyll forest, (occasionally) rainforest, shrubland, and some more arid landscapes, though not in Australia's deserts. Heavy producers of nectar, ''banksias'' are a vital part of the food chain in the Australian bush. They are an important food source for nectarivorous animals, including birds, bats, rats, possums, stingless bees and a host of invertebrates. Further, they are of economic importance to Australia's nursery and cut flower industries. However, these plants are threatened by a number of processes including land clearing, frequent burning and disease, and a number of species are rare and endangere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
