Scientific name Banksia alliacea | Genus Banksia Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Banksia horrida, Banksia cirsioides, Banksia arctotidis, Banksia drummondii, Banksia pteridifolia | ||
Banksia alliacea is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.
It was known as Dryandra nervosa until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As the name "Banksia nervosa" had already been published by Otto Kuntze for the plant now known as Pimelea angustifolia, Mast and Thiele were forced to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "alliacea", is from the Latin alliaceus ("onion-like"), in reference to scent of the flowers.
References
Banksia alliacea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA