Banksia pulchella

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Teasel Banksia
B. pulchella, in cultivation at Kings Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Species: B. pulchella
Binomial name
Banksia pulchella R.Br.

The Teasel Banksia (Banksia pulchella) is a species of small shrub in the plant genus Banksia. It occurs on the south coast of Western Australia from Fitzgerald River National Park east to Israelite Bay.

It was first collected by Robert Brown from Lucky Bay on the south coast of Western Australia in January 1802, and published by him in 1810.

[edit] References

• George, Alex S. (1981). "The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Nuytsia 3 (3): 239–473. ISSN 0085-4417. 
• 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. 
• Taylor, Anne and Stephen Hopper (1988). The Banksia Atlas (Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 8). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-07124-9. 

[edit] External links

• Banksia pulchella R.Br.. Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
• Banksia pulchella R.Br.. FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
• Banksia pulchella R.Br.. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.