Banksia ser. Salicinae

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Banksia ser. Salicinae

Banksia integrifolia,
a member of series Salicinae
watercolour from Bank's Florilegium

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Subgenus:	Banksia
Section:	Banksia
Series:	**Banksia ser. Salicinae** A.S.George

Species

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Banksia ser. Salicinae is a taxonomic series in the genus Banksia. It consists a group of the eleven (or twelve) closely related species in section Banksia that have cylindrical inflorescences. These range in form from medium-sized shrubs to tall trees.

The leaves grow in either an alternate or whorled pattern, with various shape forms, the leaf margins may be flat or recurved and entire, dentate or serrate. The Salicinae inflorescence is held erect, subtended by a whorl of branchlets, and loses its regular pattern well before anthesis. The perianth limb is horizontal until anthesis, at which point the perianth opens from underneath. The pollen-presenter is ovoid. The seed wings are not notched.^[1]

1 Taxa
- 1.1 Species and subspecies
- 1.2 Hybridization
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Taxa

All but one of the Salicinae are endemic to the east coast of Australia, the remaining taxon, Banksia dentata spreading across the north of Australia to the Kimberleys, and also occurring on New Guinea and the Aru Islands.

[edit] Species and subspecies

Kevin Thiele split the series into two subseries detailed below.^[2] Molecular evidence suggests Banksia aquilonia may be more closely related to Banksia plagiocarpa than B. integrifolia.^[3] Alex George holds that B. dentata is clearly allied to B. integrifolia, not to the distinctive B. robur.^[1]

Finally, the fossil taxon Banksia kingii from Tasmania is a member.

Subseries Acclives
- Banksia oblongifolia
- Banksia plagiocarpa
- Banksia robur
- Banksia dentata

Subseries Integrifoliae

[edit] Hybridization

The species are closely related and interbreeding in the wild has been reported between many members including:

B. paludosa x B. integrifolia
B. marginata x B. integrifolia
B. robur x B. oblongifolia
B. marginata x B. conferta penicillata
B. conferta conferta x B. integrifolia

[edit] See also

Taxonomy of Banksia

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b George, A. S. (1999). "Banksia", in Wilson, Annette (ed.): Flora of Australia: Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study, 175–251. ISBN 0-643-06454-0.
^ Thiele, Kevin and Pauline Y. Ladiges (1996). "A Cladistic Analysis of Banksia (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 9 (5): 661-733.
^ Mast, Austin R. and Thomas J. Givnish (2002). "Historical Biogeography and the Origin of Stomatal Distributions in Banksia and Dryandra (Proteaceae) based on Their cpDNA Phylogeny". American Journal of Botany 89 (8): 1311–1323. ISSN 0002-9122. Retrieved on 2006-07-02.

George, A. S. (1981). "The Genus Banksia". Nuytsia 3 (3): 239–473.

Taylor, Anne and Hopper, Stephen D. (1988). The Banksia Atlas (Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 8). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-07124-9.