- Banksia dallanneyi
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Banksia dallanneyi 
B. dallanneyi Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae Genus: Banksia Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia Series: Banksia ser. Dryandra Species: B. dallanneyi Binomial name Banksia dallanneyi
A.R.Mast & K.R.ThieleBanksia dallanneyi, commonly known as Couch Honeypot, is a prostrate shrub endemic to Western Australia. It grows to a height and width of up to 0.5 m, although it is very common for many plants to be growing side by side; thus the clump may be several metres across.
It was known as Dryandra lindleyana until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named Banksia lindleyana (Porcupine Banksia), Mast and Thiele were forced to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "dallanneyi", is an anagram of "lindleyana".
An assessment of the potential impact of climate change on this species found that its range is likely to contract by between 30% and 80% by 2080, depending on the severity of the change.[1]
Banksia dallanneyi' at Kalamunda National Park, Western Australia
Banksia dallanneyi at Cottonwood Crescent Reserve, Dianella, Western AustraliaReferences
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Matthew C.; et al. (2008). "Climate change, plant migration, and range collapse in a global biodiversity hotspot: the Banksia (Proteaceae) of Western Australia". Global Change Biology 14 (6): 1–16. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01559.x.
- Cavanagh, Tony and Margaret Pieroni (2006). The Dryandras. Melbourne: Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria); Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. ISBN 1-876473-54-1. OCLC 149312882.
- Mast, Austin R. and Kevin Thiele (2007). "The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 20: 63–71. doi:10.1071/SB06016.
- "Banksia dallanneyi". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/32576.
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