Banksia dallanneyi var. mellicula

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Banksia dallanneyi var. mellicula
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Species:
Subspecies:
Variety:
B. d. var. mellicula
Trinomial name
Banksia dallanneyi var. mellicula
Synonyms

Dryandra lindleyana var. melliculaA.S.George

Banksia dallanneyi var. mellicula is a variety of Banksia dallanneyi subsp. dallanneyi. It was known as Dryandra lindleyana var. mellicula until 2007, when Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele sunk all Dryandra into Banksia . Since there was already a Banksia named Banksia lindleyana , Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet for D. lindleyana and hence for this variety of it. [1] As with other members of Banksia ser. Dryandra, it is endemic to the South West Botanical Province of Western Australia.

References

  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. Bibcode:2007AuSyB..20...63M. doi:10.1071/SB06016.

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