Banksia conferta subsp. penicillata

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Newnes Plateau Banksia
In cultivationMaranoa Gardens - Melbourne
In cultivation
Maranoa Gardens - Melbourne
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia
Section: Banksia sect. Banksia
Series: Banksia ser. Salicinae
Species: B. conferta
Binomial name
Banksia conferta subsp. penicillata
A.S.George

The Newnes Plateau Banksia (Banksia conferta subsp. penicillata) is a plant only described in 1981 though collected in the 1970s. It was first described on the Newnes Plateau in the southernmost part of the Wollemi National Park, though more recent collections have widened its distribution, with the northernmost occurrence upon Mt Monundilla.

It is the southern subspecies of Banksia conferta, though has been considered a full species by some. It seems to share affinities with Banksia paludosa subsp. astrolux.

[edit] References

  • George, Alex (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.