Banksia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Banksia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Banksia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Banksia
Banksia is a genus of around 170 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes, and woody fruiting "cones" and heads. Banksias range in size from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall. They are found in a wide variety of landscapes: sclerophyll forest, (occasionally) rainforest, shrubland, and some more arid landscapes, though not in Australia's deserts.
Heavy producers of nectar, banksias are a vital part of the food chain in the Australian bush. They are an important food source for nectarivorous animals, including birds, bats, rats, possums, stingless bees and a host of invertebrates. Further, they are of economic importance to Australia's nursery and cut flower industries. However, these plants are threatened by a number of processes including land clearing, frequent burning and disease, and a number of species are rare and endangered.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Banksia acanthopoda
- Banksia aculeata
- Banksia acuminata
- Banksia aemula
- Banksia alliacea
- Banksia anatona
- Banksia aquilonia
- Banksia arborea
- Banksia arctotidis
- Banksia armata
- Banksia ashbyi
- Banksia attenuata
- Banksia audax
- Banksia aurantia
- Banksia baueri
- Banksia baxteri
- Banksia bella
- Banksia benthamiana
- Banksia bipinnatifida
- Banksia biterax
- Banksia blechnifolia
- Banksia borealis
- Banksia brevidentata
- Banksia brownii
- Banksia brunnea
- Banksia burdettii
- Banksia caleyi
- Banksia calophylla
- Banksia candolleana
- Banksia canei
- Banksia carlinoides
- Banksia catoglypta
- Banksia chamaephyton
- Banksia cirsioides
- Banksia coccinea
- Banksia collina
- Banksia columnaris
- Banksia comosa
- Banksia concinna
- Banksia conferta
- Banksia corvijuga
- Banksia croajingolensis
- Banksia cuneata
- Banksia cunninghamii
- Banksia cynaroides
- Banksia cypholoba
- Banksia dallanneyi
- Banksia densa
- Banksia dentata
- Banksia dolichostyla
- Banksia drummondii
- Banksia dryandroides
- Banksia echinata
- Banksia elderiana
- Banksia elegans
- Banksia epica
- Banksia epimicta
- Banksia ericifolia
- Banksia erythrocephala
- Banksia falcata
- Banksia fasciculata
- Banksia fililoba
- Banksia foliolata
- Banksia foliosissima
- Banksia formosa
- Banksia fraseri
- Banksia fuscobractea
- Banksia gardneri
- Banksia glaucifolia
- Banksia goodii
- Banksia grandis
- Banksia grossa
- Banksia heliantha
- Banksia hewardiana
- Banksia hiemalis
- Banksia hirta
- Banksia hookeriana
- Banksia horrida
- Banksia idiogenes
- Banksia ilicifolia
- Banksia incana
- Banksia insulanemorecincta
- Banksia integrifolia
- Banksia ionthocarpa
- Banksia kippistiana
- Banksia laevigata
- Banksia lanata
- Banksia laricina
- Banksia lemanniana
- Banksia lepidorhiza
- Banksia leptophylla
- Banksia lindleyana
- Banksia littoralis
- Banksia lullfitzii
- Banksia marginata
- Banksia media
- Banksia meganotia
- Banksia meisneri
- Banksia menziesii
- Banksia micrantha
- Banksia mimica
- Banksia montana
- Banksia mucronulata
- Banksia nana
- Banksia neoanglica
- Banksia nivea
- Banksia nobilis
- Banksia nutans
- Banksia oblongifolia
- Banksia obovata
- Banksia obtusa
- Banksia occidentalis
- Banksia octotriginta
- Banksia oligantha
- Banksia oreophila
- Banksia ornata
- Banksia pallida
- Banksia paludosa
- Banksia pellaeifolia
- Banksia penicillata
- Banksia petiolaris
- Banksia pilostylis
- Banksia plagiocarpa
- Banksia platycarpa
- Banksia plumosa
- Banksia polycephala
- Banksia polycephala × squarrosa
- Banksia porrecta
- Banksia praemorsa
- Banksia prionophylla
- Banksia prionotes
- Banksia prolata
- Banksia proteoides
- Banksia pseudoplumosa
- Banksia pteridifolia
- Banksia pulchella
- Banksia purdieana
- Banksia quercifolia
- Banksia recurvistylis
- Banksia repens
- Banksia robur
- Banksia rosserae
- Banksia rufa
- Banksia rufistylis
- Banksia saxicola
- Banksia scabrella
- Banksia sceptrum
- Banksia sclerophylla
- Banksia seminuda
- Banksia seneciifolia
- Banksia serra
- Banksia serrata
- Banksia serratuloides
- Banksia sessilis
- Banksia shanklandiorum
- Banksia shuttleworthiana
- Banksia solandri
- Banksia speciosa
- Banksia sphaerocarpa
- Banksia spinulosa
- Banksia splendida
- Banksia squarrosa
- Banksia stenoprion
- Banksia strictifolia
- Banksia stuposa
- Banksia subpinnatifida
- Banksia subulata
- Banksia telmatiaea
- Banksia tenuis
- Banksia tortifolia
- Banksia tricuspis
- Banksia tridentata
- Banksia trifontinalis
- Banksia undata
- Banksia verticillata
- Banksia vestita
- Banksia victoriae
- Banksia vincentia
- Banksia violacea
- Banksia viscida
- Banksia wonganensis
- Banksia xylothemelia































































































































































