Banksia polycephala
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64400544b62aa325912749 |
| Scientific name | Banksia polycephala |
| Authority | (Benth.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele |
| First published in | Austral. Syst. Bot. 20: 69 (2007) |
Description Top
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Banksia polycephala, also known as many-headed dryandra, is a bushy shrub found only in Western Australia. It has long, narrow leaves with triangular lobes and small, cream-colored flowers in groups of up to seventy. The plant produces egg-shaped follicles and typically grows to a height of 4 meters. It was first described in 1870 and was later transferred to the Banksia genus in 2007. This species is found in woodland areas and is not considered threatened by the Western Australian government.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Josephia polycephala | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 578. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] |
| Dryandra polycephala | Benth. | Fl. Austral. 5: 570 (1870) |
| Dryandra squarrosa | Meisn. | Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2(2-3): 266. 1848 [2-5 Aug 1848] |
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000506569 |
| Tropicos | 100296501 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080594-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2603713 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 5143656 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1273643 |
| IUCN Red List | 112628495 |
| IPNI | 77080594-1 |
| iNaturalist | 602569 |
| GBIF | 5637657 |
| Freebase | /m/027g387 |
| Elurikkus | 560900 |
| USDA GRIN | 454637 |
| Wikipedia | Banksia_polycephala |
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| In public collections | 0 |