''Banksia armata'' var. ''armata''
| Banksia armata var. armata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Banksia |
| Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
| Series: | Banksia ser. Dryandra |
| Species: | B. armata |
| Variety: | B. armata var. armata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Banksia armata (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele var. armata | |
Banksia armata var. armata is a variety of shrub endemic to Western Australia.
Description
B. armata var. armata grows as a spreading shrub, up to three metres in height, with deeply serrated leaves and a bright yellow inflorescence.[1][2][3]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs throughout much of the south-west. The main distribution is between Perth and Albany, but it also occurs near Mount Lesueur in the north. It grows amongst open woodland or heath, on rocky soils.[3][4]
Taxonomy
Specimens of B. armata were first collected at King George Sound in December 1801 by Robert Brown. Brown published a description of the species in 1810, naming it Dryandra armata; the specific epithet is from the Latin armatus ("armed") in reference to the sharply serrated leaves. Thirty years later, John Lindley published a purported new species, which he named Dryandra favosa.[5] This was accepted as a species by Carl Meissner in 1845,[6] but declared a taxonomic synonym of D. armata by him in 1856,[7] and the latter view was taken by George Bentham his 1870 Flora Australiensis.[8] In 1996, Alex George published D. armata var. ignicida, thereby invoking the autonym D. armata var.armata. George also refined the synonymy of D. favosa to this subspecies.[1] In 2007, all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele;[9] hence the current name of this variety is Banksia armata (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele var. armata.[10]
References
- 1 2 George, Alex S. (1996). "New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra". Nuytsia. 10 (2): 313–408.
- ↑ "Dryandra armata R.Br. var armata". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- 1 2 Cavanagh, Tony; Pieroni, Margaret (2006). The Dryandras. Melbourne: Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria); Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. ISBN 1-876473-54-1.
- ↑ "Dryandra armata R.Br. var. armata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ Lindley, John (1839). "A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony". Appendix to the first twenty-three volumes of Edwards's Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway.
- ↑ Meissner, Carl (1845). "Dryandra". In Lehmann, Johann. Plantae Preissianae. Hamburg: Meissner. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ↑ Meissner, Carl (1856). "Dryandra". In de Candolle, A. P. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1870). "Banksia". Flora Australiensis. Volume. 5: Myoporineae to Proteaceae. London: L. Reeve & Co. pp. 541–562.
- ↑ Mast, Austin R.; Thiele, Kevin (2007). "The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 20 (1): 63–71. doi:10.1071/SB06016.
- ↑ "Banksia armata (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele var. armata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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- "Dryandra armata R.Br. var armata". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- "Dryandra armata R.Br. var. armata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- "Banksia armata (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele var. armata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.