Banksia speciosa

taxobox
name = Showy Banksia

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image_caption = "Banksia speciosa"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Banksia"
subgenus = "Banksia" subg. "Banksia"
sectio = "Banksia" sect. "Banksia"
series = "Banksia" ser. "Banksia"
species = "B. speciosa"
binomial = Banksia speciosa
binomial_authority = R.Br.|

The Showy Banksia ("Banksia speciosa") is a species of large shrub or small tree in the plant genus "Banksia". It reaches up to 8 m in height. It occurs on the south coast of Western Australia between Hopetoun (33°57′S) and the Great Australian Bight (approximately 33° S 130°E) .

Taxonomy

The first botanical collection of this species may well have been Claude Riche, naturalist to Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's 1791 expedition in search of the lost ships of Jean-François de Galaup, count de La Pérouse. During a visit to Esperance Bay, Riche explored an area in which "B. speciosa" is extremely common. However, he got lost and was forced to abandon his collections.

The species was eventually collected by Robert Brown in 1808, and published by him in 1810.

Distribution and habitat

It occurs on coastal dunes and samdplains in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions on the south coast of Western Australia.FloraBase | name = "Banksia speciosa" R.Br | id = 1850]

References

*The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)
*cite book|author=George, Alex|year=1999|chapter=Banksia|editor=Wilson, Annette (ed.)|title=Flora of Australia: Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra|pages=175–251|publisher=CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study|id=ISBN 0-643-06454-0
*The Banksia Atlas

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