Banksia Ser. Abietinae - According To Meissner

According To Meissner

B. ser. Abietinae was first published in 1856, in Carl Meissner's chapter on the Proteaceae in A. P. de Candolle's Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. It was one of four series into which the subgenus Eubanksia was divided. These four series were defined in terms of leaf characters, with series Abietinae containing the species with entire or shortly denticulate leaves with revolute margins. In hindsight, it was the most homogeneous of the four series, as it contained only (but not all) species with hooked styles. The other three series were highly heterogeneous in comparison. The placement and circumscription of B. ser. Abietinae in Meissner's arrangement may be summarised as follows:

Banksia

B. sect. Eubanksia

B. ser. Abietinæ

B. pulchella

B. Meisneri

B. sphærocarpa

B. sphaerocarpa var. glabrescens (now B. incana)

B. pinifolia (now B. leptophylla)

B. nutans

B. ericifolia

B. spinulosa

B. tricuspis

B. ser. Salicinæ (23 species, 8 varieties)

B. ser. Quercinæ (18 species, 2 varieties)

B. ser. Dryandroideæ (8 species)

B. sect.Isostylis (1 species)

Meissner's arrangement was current until 1870, when George Bentham published his arrangement, discarding all four of Meissner's series.