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Banksia glaucifolia

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Subgenus
  
Banksia subg. Banksia

Scientific name
  
Banksia glaucifolia

Order
  
Genus
  
Banksia

Rank
  
Species

Banksia glaucifolia is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

It was known as Dryandra glauca until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. The name "Banksia glauca" had already been published in reference to Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia so Mast and Thiele were forced to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "glaucifolia", retains the original use of "glauca", from the Latin glaucus ("blue-grey"), combining it with the Latin folium ("leaf"). Thus the name refers to the blue-grey leaves of the species.

References

Banksia glaucifolia Wikipedia


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