italictitle The Banksias , by Celia Rosser , is a three volume series of monographs containing paintings of every Banksia species. Its publication represented the first time such a large genus had been entirely painted by a single botanical artist . It has been described as one of the outstanding botanical works of this century. ref name Nokomis cite web url http nokomis.com.au banksias.html title The Banksias accessdate 2007 03 25 ref The paintings themselves are watercolour painting watercolours on Arches rag paper. The three volumes comprise plates reproduced using offset printing , and bound in green leather. ref name Studio International cite web url http www.studio international.co.uk painting banksias.asp title The Banksias Watercolours publisher Studio International accessdate 2007 03 25 ref Alex George wrote the accompanying text. Rosser began working on the series in 1974. Volume I of The Banksias , containing 24 plates, was published in 1981. The edition comprised 730 books and 100 portfolios. Volume II, published in 1988, also contained 24 plates, and was also released in an edition of 730 books and 100 portfolios. Volume III, completed in 2000, contained 28 plates, and was released in an edition of 530 books and 300 portfolios. ref name Studio International Since the publication of Volume III, a new Banksia , Banksia rosserae B. rosserae has been described Rosser subsequently painted it and released a set of prints. In 2007, the genus Banksia ser. Dryandra Dryandra was transferred to Banksia , so there are now a great many Banksia species that have not been painted by Rosser. Each volume of The Banksia s has been presented to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ... of her work for The Banksias , Rosser was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia 1995 for her contribution ... DEFAULTSORT Banksias Category Botanical art Category Books about Australian natural history Category Banksia The Banksias ... more details
Summary Photograph of Banksia serrata in flower. Photo taken by myself. These Saw Banksias dominate the heathland known colloquially as wallum country of Broadwater National Park in northern New South Wales and they flower regularly in summer time. They provide food for both birds and varieties of possum , as well as act as stabilisers for the swales and dunes of the coast. A cropped version of this image has been uploaded its Image Saw Banksia flowers cropped.jpg Licensing self GFDL cc by 2.5 migration relicense ... more details
Summary Photograph of Banksia serrata in flower. Photo taken by user Peter1968 . These Saw Banksias dominate the heathland known colloquially as wallum country of Broadwater National Park in northern New South Wales and they flower regularly in summer time. They provide food for both birds and varieties of possum , as well as act as stabilisers for the swales and dunes of the coast. Editing This is a cropped version of Image Saw Banksia flowers.jpg Licensing self GFDL cc by 2.5 migration relicense ... more details
taxobox image Banksia archaeocarpa cast email.jpg fossil range Middle Eocene regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots ordo Proteales familia Proteaceae genus Banksia species B. archaeocarpa binomial Banksia archaeocarpa binomial authority McNamara & Scott Banksia archaeocarpa is an extinction extinct species of tree or shrub, known only from a fossil Banksia cone recovered from rocks known as the Merlinleigh Sandstone from the Middle Eocene Period span brief Middle Eocene , found in the Kennedy Range National Park Kennedy Range in Western Australia. Described in 1983 by Ken McNamara, it closely resembles the extant Banksia attenuata B. attenuata Candlestick Banksia , with the flowers spirally arranged.. Some leaves resembling Banksia brownii Feather leaved Banksia were discovered at the same site but it is unclear whether or not they were from the same plant. ref name McNamara 1983 cite journal author McNamara, K. J. and J. K. Scott year 1983 title A new species of Banksia Proteaceae from the Eocene Merlinleigh Sandstone of the Kennedy Range, Western Australia journal Alcheringa volume 7 pages 185 193 doi 10.1080 03115518308619617 ref A cast of the fossil cone is on display at the Western Australian Museum . Today, the Kennedy Range lies far to the north of the distribution of most banksias. The only Banksia species found there is Banksia ashbyi B. ashbyi Ashby s Banksia , the northernmost of all western banksias. References div class references small references cite book author McLoughlin, S. and Ken J. McNamara year 2001 title Ancient Floras of Western Australia publisher Western Australian Museum isbn 0 7307 2692 4 div DEFAULTSORT Banksia archaeocarpa Category Banksia taxa by scientific name archaeocarpa Category Prehistoric plants Category Extinct flora of Australia Category Eudicots of Western Australia Category Eocene plants ... more details
. He contributed the text to Celia Rosser s three volume The Banksias , published between 1981 ... Australia 1971 Flowers and Plants of Western Australia 1973 The Genus Banksia 1981 The Banksias 1981 ... Alex George title The Banksias 3 volumes location London publisher Academic Press in association with Monash University cite journal last George first Alex title Banksias Talk given at 1985 AGM Part I ... Region year 1986 doi id cite journal last George first Alex title Banksias Talk given at 1985 AGM ... more details
italic title taxobox name Prostrate Banksia image Banksia gardneri blackstyles email.jpg image caption B. gardneri , br unusual black styles br near Albany, WA regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots ordo Proteales familia Proteaceae genus Banksia subgenus Banksia subg. Banksia Banksia subg. Banksia sectio Banksia sect. Banksia Banksia sect. Banksia series Banksia ser. Prostratae Banksia ser. Prostratae species B. gardneri binomial Banksia gardneri binomial authority Alex George A.S.George The Prostrate Banksia Banksia gardneri is a species of prostrate shrub in the plant genus Banksia . It occurs along the south coast of Western Australia . Scientific name It was initially named Banksia prostrata , but Alex George discovered that name was illegal because it was already a valid synonym of Pimelia prostrata . He broke his rule about never naming plants after people and named it after Charles Gardner in honour of his work on banksias. ref cite journal last George first Alex title Banksias Talk given at 1985 AGM Part II journal Native Plants for NSW volume 21 issue 5 pages 11 14 publisher Australian Plants Society, NSW Region date 1986 doi id ref Description It is a slow growing prostrate woody shrub with thick horizontal stems and upright broadly roughly triangularly lobed leaves to 40 cm high though usually less and 2 to 6 cm wide. The furry rusty brown flower spikes are cylindrical with cream, or rarely black styles. Flowering is in late spring. It is lignotuberorous and regenerates by resprouting after fire. Distribution and habitat It grows in sand or gravel between Denmark, Western Australia Denmark and Hopetoun, Western Australia Hopetoun . Taxonomy Three subspecies are recognised B. g. gardneri B. g. hiemalis B. g. brevidentata Cultivation B. g. gardneri is a slow growing shrub though fairly easy to grow. It is less vigorous than Banksia blechnifolia or Banksia petiolaris B. petiolaris . Seeds do not require any treatment ... more details
File CeliaRosser.JPG frameless right Celia Elizabeth Rosser born 1930 is a renowned Australia n botanical illustrator , best known for having published The Banksias , a three volume series of monographs containing watercolour painting s of every Banksia species. Born Celia Elizabeth Prince in 1930, ref name ANBG cite web title Rosser, Celia Elizabeth 1930 url http www.anbg.gov.au biography rosser celia.html publisher Australian National Botanic Gardens accessdate 2006 06 29 ref ref name Olde 2002 cite journal author Olde, Peter M. and Marriott, Neil R. year 2002 title One new Banksia and two new Grevillea species Proteaceae Grevilleoideae from Western Australia journal Nuytsia volume 15 issue 1 pages 85 99 url http users.bigpond.net.au macarthuraps new 20grevilleas.pdf format pdf accessdate 2007 01 10 ref she began painting Australian wildflowers early in her artistic career. She first began painting Banksia s after seeing a Banksia serrata near her home in Orbost, Victoria . Her first exhibition was at Leveson Gallery in Melbourne in 1965, and included three watercolours of Banksia species. Two years later she published Wildflowers of Victoria . ref name Nokomis cite web title Celia Rosser url http nokomis.com.au html celia rosser.html accessdate 2006 06 29 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060625200915 http nokomis.com.au html celia rosser.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 06 25 ref In 1970, Rosser was appointed Science Faculty Artist at Monash University . She illustrated Peter Bridgewater s The Saltmarsh Plants of Southern Australia and The Mosses of Southern Australia by George Scott and Ilma Stone. In 1974 she was appointed University Botanical Artist, and began the project of painting every Banksia species. The project took over 25 years to complete, and resulted in the publication of a three volume monograph entitled The Banksias , with accompanying text by Alex George . Publication of the final volume in 2000 represented the first time that su ... more details
Philippa Nikulinsky , born in 1942, is an artist and botanical illustrator based in Western Australia . Biography Nikulinsky was born in Kalgoorlie in 1942, a remote region in central Western Australia. She began working as an illustrator of natural history in the mid 1970s, specialising in plants from harsh environments. Her illustrations have been included in many books and magazines. She is the author or coauthor of books on plants, animals, and their environment. Other works include the cover art for Landscope , scientific journals, and other publications. Nikulinsky has made contributions to Flora of Australia . She is the author of a work on Banksia menziesii Firewood Banksia , provided illustrations and text to Life on the Rocks with Stephen Hopper , and a large format art book called Soul of the Desert . Many of her works include several organisms, illustrating the ecological relationships of the primary subject, and are noted for possessing high levels of detail while still maintaining a sense of spontaneity. As with other botanical illustrators, she works primarily in watercolour . Works Nikulinsky has been praised for her work on Banksia menziesii , describing each stage of the reproductive cycle. The inflorescence of banksias is regarded as one of the most challenging subjects to depict. The brief text is accompanied by a series of extraordinary illustrations, both endpapers showing a seed of the species. ref name Collins cite book last Collins first Kevin coauthors Kathy Collins & Alex George title Banksias publisher Bloomings Books location Melbourne date 2008 isbn 9781876473686 ref Flowering Plants of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia Goldfields of Western Australia . 1986 International Specialized Book Services. ISBN 978 0959264401 BANKSIA MENZIESII 1992 Philippa Nikulinsky. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 978 1863680356. Life on the Rocks The Art of Survival 1999 Philippa Nikulinsky and Stephen D. Hopper. Fremantle Arts Centre Press ISBN ... more details
italic title taxobox name Fern leaved Banksia image Banksia oblongifolia2 Georges River NP email.jpg image caption Banksia oblongifolia , br Georges River National Park regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots ordo Proteales familia Proteaceae genus Banksia subgenus Banksia subg. Banksia Banksia sectio Banksia sect. Banksia Banksia series Banksia ser. Salicinae Salicinae species B. oblongifolia binomial Banksia oblongifolia binomial authority Antonio Jos Cavanilles Cav. wikispecies Banksia oblongifolia The Fern leaved Banksia Banksia oblongifolia is a species of shrub in the plant genus Banksia . It occurs along the eastern coast of Australia from Wollongong, New South Wales in the south to Rockhampton, Queensland in the north. It is also known as the Rusty Banksia , due to its rusty hairy new growth, or Dwarf Banksia , due to its small size compared with other banksias. It was known as Banksia asplenifolia , for many years but this was a nomen nudum . commented out for now Description Empty section date November 2010 Distribution and habitat Empty section date November 2010 Taxonomy Empty section date November 2010 Cultivation References wikisourcepar Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Volume 10 On the Proteaceae of Jussieu Banksia Banksia oblongifolia Transactions of the Linnean Society of London & 8203 Volume 10 & 8203 On the Proteaceae of Jussieu & 8203 Banksia & 8203 Banksia oblongifolia The genus Banksia L.f. Proteaceae cite book author Alex George 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 isbn 0 643 06454 0 The Banksia Atlas External links Flora of Australia Online name Banksia oblongifolia id 3392 DEFAULTSORT Banksia oblongifolia Category Banksia taxa by scientific name oblongifolia Category Flora of New South Wales Category Flora of Queensland Banksi ... more details
Frederick Conrad James Lullfitz 22 January 1914 1983 , known as Fred Lullfitz , was a Western Australia n botanist and horticulturist . Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1914, he studied botany at the University of Western Australia . During his long and varied career he spent five years as a plant and seed collector for the Kings Park and Botanic Garden , and many years studying and advising on the flora of the north west. He was a life member of the Wildflower Society of Western Australia West Australian Wildflower Society . ref name Hall 1984 cite book author Hall, Norman year 1984 title Botanists of Australian Acacias publisher CSIRO location Melbourne isbn 0 643 03734 9 ref Among his scientific contributions is his collection of the type specimen of Acacia anaticeps . ref name Hall 1984 Banksia lullfitzii was named in his honour. ref name Collins 2008 cite book author Collins, Kevin Collin, Kathy George, Alex title Banksias year 2008 publisher Bloomings Books location Melbourne isbn 9781876473587 page 253 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lullfitz, Frederick Conrad James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lullfitz, Frederick Conrad James Category 1914 births Category 1983 deaths Category Australian botanists Category Botanists active in Australia Category Australian horticulturists Category People from Western Australia ... more details
cones and heads. When it comes to size, banksias range from prostrate woody shrub s to trees up to 30 ... producers of nectar plant nectar , banksias form a vital part of the food chain in the Australian ... inflorescence, Reabold Hill, Bold Park, Floreat , WA Banksias grow as tree s or woody shrubs . Trees ... tall. ref cite journal author Liber C year 2004 title Really Big Banksias journal Banksia Study ... banksias, Banksia attenuata and B. baxteri journal Australian Journal of Botany volume 49 pages ... doi 10.1071 BT01075 ref An interesting observation by Carpenter in 1978 was that some banksias had a stronger ... Australia , banksias of the first group are known as seeders and the second group as sprouters ... subsp. monticola B. integrifolia subsp. monticola notable for reaching the biggest banksias ... . Banksias possibly require more TLC i.e. maintenance than other Australian natives, though are fairly ... and other semi technical books on the genus have been published. These include Field Guide to Banksias ... in 1990. The Banksias This three volume monograph contains watercolour painting s of every Banksia ... was first published in 1988. ref name Taylor 1988 The Banksia Atlas ref Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas ... isbn 0 643 05423 5 oclc 30628509 . cite book title Banksias last Collins first Kevin coauthors Kathy ... more details
Banksia Easy Identification of Banksias in Far North Eastern NSW and South Eastern Qld. publisher ... isbn 0 909830 51 7 cite book author Holliday, Ivan Watton, Geoffrey title Banksias A Field and Garden ... more details
year 1985 title Absence of nitrogen fixation acetylene reduction by procaryotes in nectar of Banksias ... some banksias have green nectar? booktitle International Symposium on the Biology of Proteaceae location ... more details
and naming of banksias in Eastern Australia Part I, Banks and Solander journal Victorian Naturalist ... , published by Carl Meissner in 1856 Ecology main Ecology of Banksia Like other banksias, B. robur ... more details
the expedition it was collected on. ref name Collins cite book title Banksias last Collins first ... other banksias with upside down inflorescences such as Banksia lemanniana B. lemanniana ... cinnamomi , unlike many Western Australian banksias. ref name McCredia 1985 cite journal first ... more details
Ecology Like other banksias, the Tennis Ball Banksia is likely to play host to a variety of pollinators ... Although like many western banksias it is sensitive to Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback, it has ... more details
book title Banksias last Collins first Kevin coauthors Kathy Collins and Alex George year 2008 publisher ... the soil borne water mould Phytophthora cinnamomi , unlike many Western Australian banksias. ref ..., taking four to five years to flower from seed. ref name Collins cite book title Banksias last ... pruning. Unlike many other Western Australian banksias, has had some degree of success in growing ... more details
it to be basal the earliest offshoot to the other prostrate banksias. ref name Thiele 1996 cite journal ... of Banksia Like other banksias, B. petiolaris plays host to a variety of pollinators insects such as bees ... fairly sandy. Like other banksias, it grows best in full sun. It makes an attractive prostrate ... more details
do some banksias have green nectar? booktitle International Symposium on the Biology of Proteaceae location ... acetylene reduction by procaryotes in nectar of Banksias journal Plant and Soil volume 85 pages 443 ... Markey coauthors Byron B. Lamont year 1996 title Why do some banksias have green nectar? booktitle ... Collins 2008 cite book last Collins, Kevin et al. title Banksias publisher Bloomings Books location ... more details
taxobox image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots ordo Proteales familia Proteaceae genus Hakea species H. denticulata binomial Hakea denticulata binomial authority Robert Brown botanist R.Br. synonyms Hakea rubriflora Lamont Hakea denticulata , commonly known as Stinking Roger , is a shrub tree endemic southern Western Australia . One of the many species of Australian plant described by the botanist Robert Brown botanist Robert Brown , it is a compact shrub up to 1 or 2 metres high and wide with red flowers in the spring, of a powerful odor. Taxonomy Robert Brown botanist Robert Brown described Hakea denticulata in 1830 in his Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae , a supplement to his 1810 work. ref name BHB99 Byron Lamont differentiated what was previously considered a form of Hakea prostrata and named in H. rubriflora in 1973, ref name Wrigley 1991 cite book last Wrigley first John coauthors Fagg, Murray title Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas year 1991 publisher Angus & Robertson location Sydney isbn 0 207 17277 3 page 399 ref but it was found to be synonymous with H. denticulata . Brown s name is derived from the Latin denticulus little tooth , hence with little teeth , referring to the leaf margins, while Lamont s name was derived from the Latin ruber red and flos flower . ref name Wrigley 1991 Its common name is Stinking Roger. ref name Holliday05 cite book last Holliday first I authorlink Ivan Holliday title Hakeas A Field and Garden Guide year 2005 pages 66 67 publisher New Holland Press location Sydney isbn 1 877069 14 0 ref Hakea denticulata was reclassified along with five other species in the Prostrata group in the 1999 Flora of Australia treatment. ref name BHB99 cite encyclopedia author Barker RM, Haegi L, Barker WR year 1999 title Hakea editor Wilson, Annette encyclopedia Flora of Australia series Flora of Australia volume Volume 17B Proteaceae 3 Hakea to Dryandra pages 78, 82 publisher CSIRO Publishi ... more details
taxobox image Hakea lorea.jpg image caption on Collinsville Rd, nr Bowen developmental rd, south of Townsville, Qld regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots ordo Proteales familia Proteaceae genus Hakea species H. lorea binomial Hakea lorea binomial authority Robert Brown botanist R.Br. ref name APNI Hakea lorea , commonly known as bootlace oak or cork tree , is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae found in central and northern Australia. The species was first formally described by Robert Brown botanist Robert Brown as Grevillea lorea in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen after being collected in Shoalwater Bay, Queensland in September 1802, before reclassifying it in the genus Hakea in 1830, in his Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae . ref name APNI APNI name Hakea lorea R.Br. R.Br. id 31212 ref Its name lorea is derived from Latin made from thin strips of leather and relates to its leaves. ref name Wrigley 1991 cite book last Wrigley first John coauthors Fagg, Murray title Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas year 1991 publisher Angus & Robertson location Sydney isbn 0 207 17277 3 page 387 ref It belongs to a group of related species known as the corkbarks, or lorea group, within the genus Hakea , most of which are found across Australia s arid interior. ref http www.anbg.gov.au abrs online resources flora stddisplay.xsql?pnid 3148 lorea group ref Two subspecies are currently recognised. The nominate subspecies lorea is found over much of central and northern Australia, while the subspecies borealis is found in the Kimberley Western Australia Kimberley and northern Northern Territory. ref name FoA cite book author Barker WR, Barker RM, Haegi L year 1999 chapter Hakea editor Wilson, Annette ed. title Flora of Australia Volume 17B Proteaceae 3 Hakea to Dryandra pages 1&ndash 170 publisher CSIRO Publishing Australian Biological Resources Study isbn 0 643 06454 0 ref The speci ... more details
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