Banksia prolata

Banksia prolata
B. prolata from Robert Sweet's 1828 Flora Australasica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Angiospermae
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Species:	B. prolata
Binomial name
Banksia prolata A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Banksia prolata is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

It was known as Dryandra longifolia until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As the name Banksia longifolia had already been published as a nomen nudum, Mast and Thiele were forced to chose a new specific epithet; their choice, "prolata", is from the Latin prolatus ("elongate"), in reference to the long, narrow leaves already described by longifolia.

Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Plate 1582

References

• 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.
• 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.
• "Dryandra longifolia R.Br". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

External links

• "Dryandra longifolia R.Br". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
• "Dryandra longifolia R.Br". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
• "Banksia prolata A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.