Banksia densa

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Banksia dallanneyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia Series: Banksia ser. Dryandra Species: B. densa
Binomial name
Banksia densa A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Banksia densa is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. It was known as Dryandra conferta until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named Banksia conferta (Glasshouse Banksia), Mast and Thiele were forced to chose a new specific epithet; their choice, "densa", is from the Latin densus ("thick, close, compact"), in reference to the way the leaves are densely crowded around the inflorescences.

[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. doi:10.1071/SB06016. 
• Dryandra conferta Benth.. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.

[edit] External links

• Dryandra conferta Benth.. Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
• Dryandra conferta Benth.. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
• Banksia densa A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.