Banksia Subg. Banksia - Eubanksia

Banksia verae was renamed Eubanksia by Stephan Endlicher in his 1847 fourth supplement to Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita, and this name was retained in Carl Meissner's 1856 arrangement. Meissner gave Eubanksia sectional rank, further dividing it into four series, B. ser. Abietinæ, B. ser. Salicinae, B. ser. Quercinae and B. ser. Dryandroideae. These series were defined in terms of leaf shape alone, and were hence all highly heterogeneous, with the exception of B. ser. Abietinæ, which contained only (but not all) species with hooked styles.

Meissner's 1856 circumscription of B. sect. Eubanksia was 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

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

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

B. occidentalis

B. littoralis

B. cylindrostachya (now B. attenuata)

B. lindleyana

B. marginata

B. marginata var. Cavanillesii (now B. marginata)

B. marginata var. microstachya (now B. marginata)

B. marginata var. humilis (now B. marginata)

B. depressa (now B. marginata)

B. depressa var. subintegra (now B. marginata)

B. patula (now B. marginata)

B. australis (now B. marginata)

B. Gunnii (now B. marginata)

B. insularis (now B. marginata)

B. integrifolia

B. integrifolia var. minor (now B. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia)

B. integrifolia var. major (now B. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia)

B. integrifolia var. dentata (now B. robur)

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

B. paludosa

B. verticillata

B. media

B. attenuata

B. elatior (now B. aemula)

B. lævigata

B. Hookeriana

B. prionotes

B. Menziesii

B. ser. Quercinæ

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. Dryandroideæ

B. grandis

B. Baxteri

B. speciosa

B. Victoriæ

B. elegans

B. Candolleana

B. dryandroides

B. Brownii

B. sect. Isostylis (one species)

The top-level split into Eubanksia and Isostylis was abandoned by George Bentham in 1870. Instead, Bentham divided the genus into five section, retaining B. sect. Isostylis, but dividing the remaining species into four sections.