Banksia Ser. Quercinae - According To Meissner

According To Meissner

B. ser. Quercinae 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 Quercinae containing the species with strongly dentate, cuneate to obovate leaves. As they were defined on leaf characters alone, all of Meissner's series were highly heterogeneous.

The placement and circumscription of B. ser. Quercinae in Meissner's arrangement may be summarised as follows:

Banksia

B. sect. Eubanksia

B. ser. Abietinae (8 species, 1 variety)

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

B. ser. Quercinae

B. coccinea

B. sceptrum

B. Baueri

B. ornata

B. latifolia (now B. robur)

B. marcescens (now B. praemorsa)

B. oblongifolia

B. serrata

B. æmula

B. Caleyi

B. caleyi var. sinuosa (now B. caleyi)

B. Lemanniana

B. quercifolia

B. dentata

B. prostrata (now B. gardneri)

B. Goodii

B. barbigera

B. repens

B. Solandri

B. solandri var. major (now B. solandri)

B. ser. Dryandroideae (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.