Banksia Ser. Cyrtostylis - According To Bentham

According To Bentham

Bentham published B. sect. Cyrtostylis in Flora Australiensis, as part of his taxonomic arrangement of Banksia, defining it as those taxa with

"Leaves flat or undulate, the margins not revolute, toothed pinnatifid or pinnate. Style arched or nearly straight and turned upwards or curved, but not hooked after flowering, the stigmatic end small, not furrowed."

This definition essentially defined Cyrtostylis as a section for those species that did not possess the characters of the other sections; thus it was highly heterogeneous.

George Bentham's placement and circumscription of B. sect. Cyrtostylis may be summarised as follows:

Banksia

B. sect. Oncostylis (13 species, 2 varieties)

B. sect. Cyrtostylis

B. attenuata

B. media

B. Solandri

B. Goodii

B. petiolaris

B. repens

B. prostrata (now B. gardneri)

B. grandis

B. quercifolia

B. quercifolia var. integrifolia (now B. oreophila)

B. Baueri

B. sect. Eubanksia (3 species)

B. sect. Orthostylis (19 species)

B. sect. Isostylis (1 species, 1 variety)

Bentham's circumscription of Cyrtostylis remained current for over 100 years, only being superseded in 1981 by George's revision.