Banksia cirsioides

Banksia cirsioides
Banksia cirsioides at Fitzgerald River National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia
Series: Banksia ser. Dryandra
Binomial name
Banksia cirsioides
Synonyms

Dryandra cirsioides Meisn.

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

Description

B. cirsiodes is a small shrub that often grows in a columnar habit, to 2 metres in height. Like many plants in the Dryandra series of Banksia, it has rather stiff, sharp foliage, and produces yellow inflorescences of flowers. The flowering period can be from autumn to spring (May to November).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Banksia cirsiodes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  • 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 cirsioides Meisn". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  • "Dryandra cirsioides Meisn". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government. Edit this at Wikidata
  • "Banksia cirsioides (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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