Banksia bipinnatifida
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Banksia bipinnatifida is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.
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[edit] Description
It grows as a prostrate shrub with an underground stem and a lignotuber. It has few leaves; these are deeply lobes, and the lobes are themselves deeply lobed, giving the impression of a bipinnate leaf structure. Inflorescences are shades of pink, cream and yellow.
[edit] Distribution and habitat
It occurs along the Darling Plateau from Eneabba south to around Manjimup.
[edit] Taxonomy
Specimens of B. bipinnatifida were first collected by Charles Fraser near the Swan River during the Stirling expedition of 1827. A formal description was published in 1830 by Robert Brown, who named it Dryandra bipinnatifida; the specific epithet is a Latinised form of the word "bipinnatifid", in reference to the bipinnate appearance of the leaves. In 2007, all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele; hence its current name is Banksia bipinnatifida (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele.
Two subspecies are recognised: B. b. var.bipinnatifida has larger, longer leaves with wider lobes, and a larger inflorescence, than B. a. var.multifida.
[edit] References
- Cavanagh, Tony and Margaret Pieroni (2006). The Dryandras. Melbourne: Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria); Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. ISBN 1-876473-54-1.
- Mast, Austin R. and Kevin Thiele (2007). "The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 20: 63–71.
- Dryandra bipinnatifida. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
