Banksia undata var. splendens

taxobox
name = "Banksia undata" var. "splendens"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Banksia"
subgenus = "Banksia" subg. "Banksia"
series = "Banksia" ser. "Dryandra"
species = "B. undata"
variety = "B. undata" var. "splendens"
trinomial = "Banksia undata" var. "splendens"
trinomial_authority = (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele|

"Banksia undata" var. "splendens" is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

It was first published by Alex George in 1996, based on a specimen collected by him two years earlier. The name given was "Dryandra praemorsa" var. "splendens", the varietal epithet referring to the "splendid" flower heads. In 2007, all "Dryandra" species were transferred to "Banksia" by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named "Banksia praemorsa" (Cut-leaf Banksia), Mast and Thiele were chose the new specific epithet "undata"; thus the current name of this variety is "Banksia undata" var. "splendens" (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele.

It grows in lateritic loam from Bannister north to the Brookton Highway. It flowers from September to October.

It is popular in cultivation, and is favoured by the cut flower trade. There is a pink-flowered form that is especially popular with the cut flower trade.

References

*cite book | author = Cavanagh, Tony and Margaret Pieroni | year = 2006 | title = The Dryandras | publisher = Melbourne: Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria); Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia | id = ISBN 1-876473-54-1
*cite journal | author = Mast, Austin R. and Kevin Thiele | year = 2007 | title = The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae) | journal = Australian Systematic Botany | volume = 20 | pages = 63–71 | doi = 10.1071/SB06016

External links

*Flora of Australia Online | name = "Dryandra praemorsa" var. "splendens" A.S.George | id = 3588
*FloraBase | name = "Dryandra praemorsa" var. "praemorsa" A.S.George | id = 14805
*APNI | name = "Banksia undata" var. "splendens" (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele | id = 270006