Banksia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proteales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Proteaceae
Subfamilia: Grevilleoideae
Tribus: Banksieae
Subtribus: Banksiinae
Genus: Banksia
Subgenera: B. subg. Banksia – B. subg. Isostylis – B. subg. Spathulatae
Species: B. acanthopoda – B. aculeata – B. acuminata – B. aemula – B. alliacea – B. anatona – B. aquilonia – B. arborea – B. arctotidis – B. armata – B. ashbyi – B. attenuata – B. audax – B. aurantia – B. baueri – B. baxteri – B. bella – B. benthamiana – B. bipinnatifida – B. biterax – B. blechnifolia – B. borealis – B. brevidentata – B. brownii – B. brunnea – B. burdettii – B. caleyi – B. calophylla – B. candolleana – B. canei – B. carlinoides – B. catoglypta – B. chamaephyton – B. cirsioides – B. coccinea – B. columnaris – B. comosa – B. concinna – B. conferta – B. corvijuga – B. croajingolensis – B. cuneata – B. cynaroides – B. cypholoba – B. dallanneyi – B. densa – B. dentata – B. dolichostyla – B. drummondii – B. dryandroides – B. echinata – B. elderiana – B. elegans – B. epica – B. epimicta – B. ericifolia – B. erythrocephala – B. falcata – B. fasciculata – B. fililoba – B. foliolata – B. foliosissima – B. formosa – B. fraseri – B. fuscobractea – B. gardneri – B. glaucifolia – B. goodii – B. grandis – B. grossa – B. heliantha – B. hewardiana – B. hiemalis – B. hirta – B. hookeriana – B. horrida – B. idiogenes – B. ilicifolia – B. incana – B. insulanemorecincta – B. integrifolia – B. ionthocarpa – B. kippistiana – B. laevigata – B. lanata – B. laricina – B. lemanniana – B. lepidorhiza – B. leptophylla – B. lindleyana – B. littoralis – B. lullfitzii – B. marginata – B. media – B. meganotia – B. meisneri – B. menziesii – B. micrantha – B. mimica – B. montana – B. mucronulata – B. nana – B. neoanglica – B. nivea – B. nobilis – B. nutans – B. oblongifolia – B. obovata – B. obtusa – B. occidentalis – B. octotriginta – B. oligantha – B. oreophila – B. ornata – B. pallida – B. paludosa – B. pellaeifolia – B. penicillata – B. petiolaris – B. pilostylis – B. plagiocarpa – B. platycarpa – B. plumosa – B. polycephala – B. porrecta – B. praemorsa – B. prionophylla – B. prionotes – B. prolata – B. proteoides – B. pseudoplumosa – B. pteridifolia – B. pulchella – B. purdieana – B. quercifolia – B. recurvistylis – B. repens – B. robur – B. rosserae – B. rufa – B. rufistylis – B. saxicola – B. scabrella – B. sceptrum – B. sclerophylla – B. seminuda – B. seneciifolia – B. serra – B. serrata – B. serratuloides – B. sessilis – B. shanklandiorum – B. shuttleworthiana – B. solandri – B. speciosa – B. sphaerocarpa – B. spinulosa – B. splendida – B. squarrosa – B. stenoprion – B. strictifolia – B. stuposa – B. subpinnatifida – B. subulata – B. telmatiaea – B. tenuis – B. tortifolia – B. tricuspis – B. tridentata – B. trifontinalis – B. undata – B. verticiliata – B. vestita – B. victoriae – B. vincentia – B. violacea – B. viscida – B. wonganensis – B. xylothemelia
Paleospecies: †B. novae-zelandiae

Name

Banksia L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 15 (1782), nom. cons. non J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1775)

Type species: Banksia serrata L.f. Suppl. Pl.; 126. 1781[1782]
Note: This is the expanded view of the genus including the transfer of all species of Dryandra (APC, 2016 and Mast & Thiele, 2007)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Scolymocephalus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Josephia Salisb. ex Knight, Cult. Prot.: 110 (1809), nom. rej.
- Dryandra R.Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 211 (1810).
  - Dryandera T.Post & Kuntze, orth. var.
- Hemiclidia R.Br., Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 40 (1830).
- Isostylis Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 402 (1841).
- Sirmuellera Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 581 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

George, A.S. 1999. Banksia. Flora of Australia, 17B: 175–251. Reference page.
George, A.S. 2014. The case against the transfer of Dryandra to Banksia (Proteaceae) 1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 100(1-2): 32–49. DOI: 10.3417/2012086 Reference page.
Mast, A.R. & Thiele, K.R. 2007. The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 63–71. DOI: 10.1071/SB06016 Reference page.
Thiele, K.R., Weston, P.H. & Mast, A.R. 2015. Paraphyly, modern systematics and the transfer of Dryandra into Banksia (Proteaceae): a response to George. Australian Systematic Botany 28(3): 194–202. DOI: 10.1071/SB15015 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Banksia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Banksia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Apr 2025.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Banksia. Published online. Accessed: 25 Apr 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Banksia. Accessed: 25 Apr 2025.
Banksia in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2016. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2016 Apr. 4.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 8399031. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Banksia. Accessed: 8399031 {{{3}}} {{{4}}}.

Vernacular names

العربية: بانكسيا
azərbaycanca: Banksiya
বাংলা: বাঁকসিয়া
čeština: Banksie
Deutsch: Banksien
English: Banksia
فارسی: بانکسیا
suomi: Banksiat
हिन्दी: बैंकसिया
hrvatski: Banksija
日本語: バンクシア
한국어: 뱅크시아속
മലയാളം: ബാങ്ക്സിയ
polski: Banksja
پنجابی: بینکسیا
русский: Банксия
svenska: Banksiasläktet
українська: Банксія
中文: 佛塔树属