Banksia Subg. Banksia - B. Subg. Banksia sensu George

B. Subg. Banksia sensu George

In 1981, Alex George published a thorough revision of Banksia in his classic monograph The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). George reinstated Meissner's Eubanksia and Isostylis, giving them subgeneric rank. By this time, however, the rules of botanical nomenclature had been formalised in such a way that Eubanksia was required to take the autonym B. subg. Banksia.

George's arrangement was overturned in 1996 by Kevin Thiele and Pauline Ladiges, but in 1999 George published a slightly modified version in his treatment of Banksia for the Flora of Australia series of monographs. George's 1999 arrangement is not universally accepted, and accords poorly with recently published cladistic analyses, yet it remains the most recently published arrangement.

In George's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia, B. subg. Banksia is further divided into three sections, primarily on the shape of the style. B. sect. Banksia species have a straight or curved, but never hooked, style; this section contains about 50 species that are further divided into nine series. B. sect. Coccinea contains a single species, Banksia coccinea. B. sect. Oncostylis contains those species whose styles are hooked; it contains about 20 species, which are further divided into four series. Its is circumscribed as follows:

Banksia
B. subg. Banksia
B. sect. Banksia
B. ser. Salicinae
B. dentata
B. aquilonia
B. integrifolia
B. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia
B. integrifolia subsp. compar
B. integrifolia subsp. monticola
B. plagiocarpa
B. oblongifolia
B. robur
B. conferta
B. conferta subsp. conferta
B. conferta subsp. penicillata
B. paludosa
B. paludosa subsp. astrolux
B. paludosa subsp. paludosa
B. marginata
B. canei
B. saxicola
B. ser. Grandes
B. grandis
B. solandri
B. ser. Banksia
B. serrata
B. aemula
B. ornata
B. baxteri
B. speciosa
B. menziesii
B. candolleana
B. sceptrum
B. ser. Crocinae
B. prionotes
B. burdettii
B. hookeriana
B. victoriae
B. ser. Prostratae
B. goodii
B. gardneri
B. gardneri var. gardneri
B. gardneri var. brevidentata
B. gardneri var. hiemalis
B. chamaephyton
B. blechnifolia
B. repens
B. petiolaris
B. ser. Cyrtostylis
B. media
B. praemorsa
B. epica
B. pilostylis
B. attenuata
B. ashbyi
B. benthamiana
B. audax
B. lullfitzii
B. elderiana
B. laevigata
B. laevigata subsp. laevigata
B. laevigata subsp. fuscolutea
B. elegans
B. lindleyana
B. ser. Tetragonae
B. lemanniana
B. caleyi
B. aculeata
B. ser. Bauerinae
B. baueri
B. ser. Quercinae
B. quercifolia
B. oreophila
B. sect. Coccinea
B. coccinea
B. sect. Oncostylis
B. ser. Spicigerae
B. spinulosa
B. spinulosa var. spinulosa
B. spinulosa var. collina
B. spinulosa var. neoanglica
B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii
B. ericifolia
B. ericifolia subsp. ericifolia
B. ericifolia subsp. macrantha
B. verticillata
B. seminuda
B. littoralis
B. occidentalis
B. brownii
B. ser. Tricuspidae
B. tricuspis
B. ser. Dryandroideae
B. dryandroides
B. ser. Abietinae
B. sphaerocarpa
B. sphaerocarpa var. sphaerocarpa
B. sphaerocarpa var. caesia
B. sphaerocarpa var. dolichostyla
B. micrantha
B. grossa
B. telmatiaea
B. leptophylla
B. leptophylla var. leptophylla
B. leptophylla var. melletica
B. lanata
B. scabrella
B. violacea
B. incana
B. laricina
B. pulchella
B. meisneri
B. meisneri subsp. meisneri
B. meisneri subsp. ascendens
B. nutans
B. nutans var. nutans
B. nutans var. cernuella
B. subg. Isostylis (3 species)

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