Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Proteaceae Juss.
Banksia speciosa R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (8 March 1810) , On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1) :
210
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In Novae Hollandiae ora australi; Lewins Land: in saxosis prope littora (ubi v.v.)."
Given under BANKSIA L.f. (nom. cons. ).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
72
[secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891) , Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 :
582
[basionym]
basionym of:
Sirmuellera speciosa ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
George, A.S. (11 September 1981) , The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). Nuytsia 3(3) :
329-331, Figs 3B, 8(17), 10B, 45 (map), 46
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"BM, annotated by Brown "28 Banksia speciosa prodr. 396. Lucky Bay South Coast Jany 1802". Iso: BM, K, NSW."
nomenclatural synonym:
Sirmuellera speciosa ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
59
[secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family :
115-116 (map), 119 (plate)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Sirmuellera speciosa ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
common name:
ricrac banksia
[n/a]
common name:
showy banksia
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From Latin, speciosa , showy; refers to the conspicuous flowers."
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Ricrac Banksia
[n/a]
common name:
Showy Banksia
[n/a]
George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999) , Banksia. Flora of Australia 17B :
200-201, Plate 36, Fig. 27, Map 197
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Sirmuellera speciosa ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate