Banksia formosa

Showy Dryandra

Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Subgenus:	Banksia subg. Banksia
Series:	Banksia ser. Dryandra
Species:	B. formosa
Binomial name
*Banksia formosa* (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Banksia formosa, commonly known as Showy Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. It was known as Dryandra formosa until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele.

An assessment of the potential impact of climate change on this species found that its range is likely to contract by between 50% and 80% by 2080, depending on the severity of the change.^[1]

References

↑ Fitzpatrick, Matthew C.; Gove, Aaron D.; Sanders, Nathan J.; Dunn, Robert R. (2008). "Climate change, plant migration, and range collapse in a global biodiversity hotspot: the Banksia (Proteaceae) of Western Australia". Global Change Biology 14 (6): 1–16. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01559.x.

Cavanagh, Tony; Pieroni, Margaret (2006). The Dryandras. Melbourne: Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria); Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. ISBN 1-876473-54-1.
Mast, Austin R.; Thiele, Kevin (2007). "The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 20: 63–71. doi:10.1071/SB06016.
"Dryandra formosa R.Br.". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.

External links

Botanical illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London/Volume 10/On the Proteaceae of Jussieu/Dryandra#Dryandra formosa

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Flora Australiensis/Volume V/CIV. Proteaceae/29. Dryandra#Dryandra formosa

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

Old flower head with open follicles