Banksia comosa

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

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

References

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 (1): 63–71. doi:10.1071/SB06016.
"Dryandra comosa Meisn.". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

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

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

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