Talk:Banksia brownii

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I've been working on the lead, what do you think about this:

Banksia brownii, commonly known as Feather-leaved Banksia or Brown's Banksia, is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia. An attractive bush with fine feathery leaves and large red-brown flower spikes,, it is highly valued by Australia's horticultural and cut flower industries. It occurs naturally only in three population clusters in the southwest of Western Australia. It is rare and endangered in its natural habitat, with all known populations currently threatened by Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback, a disease to which the species is highly susceptible.

Speciemens were first collected in 1829 and the plant was formally classified in 1830, there were two more changes to it taxonomy classification before its current classification. B. brownii is highly valued by Australia's horticultural and cut flower industries with seed, plants and grafted varieties available in Australian nurseries.

the piece striked thru has been moved into the second para. Gnangarra 00:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm working on this too. Can you give me a little while to respond? Snottygobble 00:30, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
How about this? Snottygobble 01:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Banksia brownii, commonly known as Feather-leaved Banksia or Brown's Banksia, is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia. An attractive plant with fine feathery leaves and large red-brown flower spikes, it usually grows as an upright bush around two metres (7 ft) high, but can also occur as a small tree or a low spreading shrub. First collected in 1829 and published the following year, it is placed in Banksia section Oncostylis, series Spicigerae. There are two genetically distinct forms.

B. brownii occurs naturally only in three population clusters in the southwest of Western Australia, mostly between Albany and the Stirling Range. In the Stirling Range it occurs among heath on rocky mountain slopes; further south it occurs among Jarrah woodland in shallow nutrient-poor sand. It is rare and endangered in its natural habitat, with all known populations currently threatened by Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback, a disease to which the species is highly susceptible. Other threats include loss of habitat, commercial exploitation and changes to the fire regime.

Highly valued by Australia's horticultural and cut flower industries, B. brownii is widely cultivated in areas not exposed to dieback. It prefers a sheltered position in soil with good drainage, and must be provided with some moisture over summer.

[edit] Hopetoun collection

I received a response to my questions about the Hopetoun collection from Karina Knight at the Western Australian Herbarium. She has advised that

  1. The Hopetoun collection is a carpological specimen i.e. it is merely a fruit or nut
  2. They have not been able to locate the specimen in their collection to verify its identification as B. brownii
  3. She has removed the geocodes from the record, so it will stop showing up on the map next time the map is refreshed.
  4. Unless/until she finds the specimen and verifies the identity, we should assume that B. brownii does not occur on the Esperance Plains.

I will update the article. Gnangarra, can you update (or rather downdate) your map?I have reverted to a previous version of the map.

Snottygobble 12:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

As promised, the rogue dot has now been removed.[1] Snottygobble 05:24, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Good to see, :) Gnangarra 05:30, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FA

This article is now a Featured article. Thanks and congratulations to all who contributed. I have today submitted it to Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests. Snottygobble 12:12, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Cool! (just got back from 3 days in Brisbane..). Doesn't it get a little star or something?Cas Liber 12:53, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Good point. Done. Snottygobble 23:39, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translated

To all editors and contributants: This article has been translated due to its quite high quality in the German Wikipedia with only a few (rather formal) modifications as an X-mas gift. Thanks to everybody, who made the translation a worthy and joyous work. If you like to have a look: de:Banksia brownii. Best regards, Denisoliver 00:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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