Talk:Banksia spinulosa

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An entry from Banksia spinulosa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 14 June 2006.

++Lar: t/c 02:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV para

• There is a form sold as Banksia (spinulosa) cunninghamii variant, propagated by Bournda Plants of Tura Beach on the NSW south coast. Dave says the plants reach 70cm after 4 years and have black-styled gold inflorescences. The form came from David Shiels of Wakiti Nursery in Victoria, who got it from Alf Salkin. However it has a white undersurface (not brownish) and has a couple of serrations close to the tip of the leaf, typical of Banksia spinulosa spinulosa (which I suspect it actually is).

Call this para either POV or original research. It needs to be re written suggest something like

• There is a form sold as Banksia (spinulosa) cunninghamii variant, propagated by Bournda Plants of Tura Beach on the NSW south coast. The plants reach 70cm after 4 years and have black-styled gold inflorescences. The form came from David Shiels of Wakiti Nursery in Victoria, who got it from Alf Salkin. It has a white undersurface (not brownish) and has a couple of serrations close to the tip of the leaf, typical of Banksia spinulosa spinulosa.

Actually I will put this in its place Gnangarra 12:35, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cultivars

According to article cultivar, "a cultivar is a cultivated plant that has received a name under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants". I checked against an article by Margaret Sedgely and there are only six Banksia cultivars, and none of them are spinulosa. The cultivar article goes on to say that "cultivar" has a different meaning to the legal term "plant variety". Variety (plant) states that "Recognition of a cultivated plant as a "variety" provides its breeder with some legal protection, so-called plant breeders' rights."

I suspect the terminology in the article needs to be changed to indicate that we're talking about varieties not cultivars. Snottygobble 06:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Margaret's article needs updating: You have a point, cultivars currently under PBR (and whose names should be capitalised and with double ""s instead of ' 's) are: "Birthday Candles", "BCO1" (which is actually "Cherry Candles"), as well as "Rollercoaster", "Pygmy Possum", "Yellow Wings", "Giant Candles" and the 3 "Waite - " cultivars. Others are registered wtih ACRA and most are not registered anywhere. I will look further into it. cheers Cas Liber 08:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)