Banksia penicillata

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• Notes

Description

Family Proteaceae

Trees or shrubs . Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , simple or variously divided . Inflorescences axillary , ramiflorous , cauliflorous , or terminal , simple or rarely compound , with flowers borne laterally either in pairs or sometimes singly, racemose, sometimes spicate , paniculate , or condensed into a head ; bracts subtending flower pairs usually small, sometimes accrescent and woody; floral bracts usually minute or absent. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual and dioecious, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Perianth segments (3 or) 4(or 5), valvate , usually tubular in bud; limb short, variously split at anthesis . Stamens 4, opposite perianth segments; filaments usually adnate to perianth and not distinct ; anthers basifixed , usually 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent , connective often prolonged. Hypogynous glands 4 (or 1-3 or absent), free or variously connate . Ovary superior, 1-loculed, sessile or stipitate ; ovules 1 or 2(or more), pendulous, laterally or basally, rarely subapically attached. Style terminal, simple, often apically clavate ; stigma terminal or lateral , mostly small. Fruit a follicle, achene, or drupe or drupaceous . Seeds 1 or 2(or few to many), sometimes winged ; endosperm absent (or vestigial) ; embryo usually straight; cotyledons thin or thick and fleshy ; radicle short, inferior.

About 80 genera and ca. 1700 species: mostly in tropics and subtropics, especially in S Africa and Australia: three genera (one introduced ) and 25 species (12 endemic, two introduced) in China.

The family is subdivided into Bellendenoideae, Caranarvonioideae, Eidotheoideae, Grevilleoideae, Persoonioideae, Proteoideae, and Sphalmioideae; all Chinese genera belong to Grevilleoideae. Grevillea robusta is grown extensively as a street tree in S China, especially in Yunnan.[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : K .R.Thiele Publication : Australian Systematic Botany 1996

Basionym author: (A.S.George)

Basionym: Proteaceae Banksia conferta A.S.George var. penicillata A.S.George

Similar Species

Members of the genus Banksia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 59 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

B. aemula (Wallum Banksia Tree) · B. ashbyi (Ashby's Banksia) · B. attenuata (Coast Banksia) · B. baueri (Australian Honeysuckle Tree) · B. baxteri (Baxters Banksia) · B. blechnifolia (Southern Blechnum Banksia) · B. burdettii (Burdetts Banksia) · B. caleyi (Caleys Banksia) · B. candolleana (Duckbill Banksia) · B. canei (Mountain Banksia) · B. coccinea (Scarlet Banksia) · B. dryandroides (Drayndra-Leaved Banksia) · B. ericifolia (Heath Banksia) · B. ericifolia var. macrantha (Banksia) · B. ericifolia 'Ericifolia Compact Form' (Heath Banksia) · B. grandis (Bull Banksia) · B. hookeriana (Acorn Banksia) · B. integrifolia (Coast Banksia) · B. integrifolia var. aquilonia (White-Honeysuckle) · B. integrifolia var. compar (White-Honeysuckle) · B. integrifolia var. integrifolia (White-Honeysuckle) · B. integrifolia var. major (White-Honeysuckle) · B. integrifolia var. minor (White-Honeysuckle) · B. integrifolia var. typica (White-Honeysuckle) · B. laricina (Pom-Pom Banksia) · B. lehmanniana (Lehmanns Banksia) · B. lemanniana (Yellow Lantern Banksia) · B. lindleyana (Porcupine Banksia) · B. littoralis (Swamp Banksia) · B. marginata (Silver Banksia) · B. media (Southern Plains Banksia) · B. meisneri (Meissners Banksia) · B. menziesii (Menzies Banksia) · B. oblongifolia (Fern-Leaved Banksia) · B. occidentalis (Indian Summer) · B. ornata (Desert Banksia) · B. paludosa (Marsh Banksia) · B. petiolaris (Banksia) · B. pilostylis (Marsh Banksia) · B. praemorsa (Cut-Leaf Banksia) · B. praemorsa 'Red' (Cut-Leaf Banksia) · B. prionotes (Acorn Banksia) · B. pulchella (Dainty Banksia) · B. repens (Creeping Banksia) · B. robur (Swamp Banksia) · B. sceptrum (Sceptre Banksia) · B. seminuda (River Banksia) · B. serrata (Redwood Banksia) · B. solandri (Solanders Banksia) · B. speciosa (Ricrac Banksia) · B. sphaerocarpa (Round-Fruited Banksia) · B. spinulosa (Hairpin Banksia) · B. spinulosa var. collina (Hairpin Banksia) · B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii (Hairpin Banksia) · B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii 'Lemon Glow' (Hairpin Banksia) · B. tricuspis (Pine Banksia) · B. victoriae (Woolly Orange Banksia) · B. violacea (Violet Banksia) · B. 'Giant Candles' (Banksia)

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Further Reading

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 19, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8401116
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2490700
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:992548-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 992548-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1381757

Footnotes

1. Huaxing Qiu & Peter H. Weston "Proteaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 192. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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