Banksia sect. Banksia

taxobox
name = "Banksia" sect. "Banksia"

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image_caption = Inflorescence of "Banksia menziesii", a member of "Banksia" sect. "Banksia".
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Banksia"
subgenus = "Banksia" subg. "Banksia"
sectio = "Banksia" L.f. "sect. Banksia"
subdivision_ranks = Series
subdivision = See text.|

"Banksia" sect. "Banksia" is one of four sections of "Banksia" subgenus "Banksia". It contains those species of subgenus "Banksia" with straight or sometimes curved but not hooked styles. These species all have cylindrical inflorescences and usually exhibit a bottom-up sequence of flower anthesis. It is a widely distributed section, with taxa occurring in both the south west and east coastal distributions of the genus.

"Banksia" sect. "Banksia" is further divided into nine series:
* "Salicinae" is one of the most primitive "Banksia" series; it contains 11 species, all highly variable;
* "Grandes" contains 2 species whose leaves have large prominent triangular lobes;
* "Banksia" contains 8 species with smooth or toothed leaves;
* "Crocinae" contains 4 species with woolly orange flowers;
* "Prostratae" contains 6 species that grow as prostrate shrubs;
* "Cyrtostylis" contains 13 species with unusually slender flowers;
* "Tetragonae" contains 3 species whose flower spikes hang down;
* "Bauerinae" contains a single species "Banksia baueri";
* "Quercinae" contains 2 species that differ from other species in the section by some unusual anatomical features of their flowers, and their top-down sequence of anthesis.

ee also

* Taxonomy of Banksia

References

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External links

*Flora of Australia Online|name="Banksia" sect. "Banksia"|id=3383