Banksia elegans

Elegant banksia
Cultivated specimen, Perth

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Banksia elegans
Synonyms[1]

Sirmuellera elegans (Meisn.) Kuntze

Banksia elegans, commonly known as the elegant banksia,[2] is a species of woody shrub that is endemic to a relatively small area of Western Australia. Reaching 4 m (13 ft) high, it is a suckering shrub that rarely reproduces by seed. The round to oval yellow flower spikes appear in spring and summer. Swiss botanist Carl Meissner described Banksia elegans in 1856. It is most closely related to the three species in the subgenus Isostylis.

  1. ^ a b "Banksia elegans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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