Banksia Subg. Banksia - Banksia Verae

B. subg. Banksia can be traced back to Banksia verae, an unranked taxon published by Robert Brown in his 1810 Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. Under Brown's arrangement, Banksia was divided into two groups based on inflorescence shape. Banksia verae was defined as containing those Banksia taxa with the elongate flower spike typical of Banksia, and it thus contained all but one species. The remaining species, B. ilicifolia (Holly-leaved Banksia), has a dome-shaped head and so was placed alone in Isostylis.

Brown published a further eleven species in 1830, placing all of them in Banksia verae. The 1830 circumscription of Banksia verae was as follows:

Banksia

Banksia verae

B. pulchella

B. sphærocarpa

B. nutans

B. ericifolia

B. spinulosa

B. Cunninghamii (now B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii)

B. collina (now B. spinulosa var. collina)

B. occidentalis

B. littoralis

B. marginata

B. depressa (now B. marginata)

B. patula (now B. marginata)

B. australis (now B. marginata)

B. insularis (now B. marginata)

B. integrifolia

B. compar (now B. integrifolia subsp. compar)

B. verticillata

B. coccinea

B. paludosa

B. oblongifolia

B. latifolia (now B. robur)

B. marcescens (now B. praemorsa)

B. media

B. attenuata

B. Caleyi

B. Baueri

B. Menziesii

B. elatior (now B. aemula)

B. serrata

B. æmula

B. dentata

B. quercifolia

B. speciosa

B. Solandri

B. grandis

B. Baxteri

B. Goodii

B. prostrata (now B. gardneri)

B. repens

B. Dryandroides

B. Brownii

Isostylis (one species)