Kingdom Plantae Family Proteaceae Subgenus Banksia subg. Banksia Scientific name Banksia bella | Order Proteales Genus Banksia Series Banksia ser. Dryandra Rank Species | |
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Similar Banksia horrida, Banksia cirsioides, Banksia arctotidis, Banksia alliacea, Banksia acanthopoda | ||
Banksia bella, commonly known as the Silver Wongan Dryandra or Wongan Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. Unusual amongst dryandras, its foliage is glaucous-grey in colour.
B. bella was known as Dryandra pulchella until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named Banksia pulchella (Teasel Banksia), Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "bella", is from the Latin bellus ("beautiful").
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