Banksia
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Family Proteaceae
Taxonomy:
Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bancksia Jacques (orthographic variant)
- Dryandera T.Post & Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
- Dryandra R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Dryandra R.Br. sect. Dryandra (taxonomic synonym)
- Dryandra R.Br. ser. Dryandra (taxonomic synonym)
- Hemiclidia R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Isostylis (R.Br.) Spach (taxonomic synonym)
- Josephia R.Br. ex Knight (taxonomic synonym)
- Sirmuellera Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC):
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (2), Schulze_2014 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 2 traits from 3 records in 2 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 92.86 mm2 (92.86-92.86 mm2) [sources: Schulze_2014]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 37.1 mg (11.14-63.04 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 2 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| Schulze_2014 | 1 | 1 | E. D. Schulze, D. Nicolle, A. Boerner, M. Lauerer, G. Aas, and I. Schulze. “Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of Eucalyptus and Acacia species along a seasonal rainfall gradient in Western Australia”. Trees 28.4 (2014), pp. 1125-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00468-014-1023-0. |