Banksia

See also: banksia

Translingual

Banksia ashbyi gnangarra

Etymology

From English Banks (“a surname”) +‎ -ia.
Named after the English botanist Joseph Banks, who collected the first specimens of the genus on his 1770 voyage to Australia with James Cook. First published in 1782 by Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. Earlier, in 1775, Forster & Forster had proposed the name Banksia for the genus now called Pimelia, but Linnaeus' use was accepted.

Proper noun

Banksia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – banksias, with characteristic flower spikes and fruiting cones and heads, native to Australia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Proteales - order; Proteaceae - family; Grevilleoideae - subfamily; Banksieae - tribe; Banksiinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Banksia subg. Banksia, Banksia subg. Isostylis - subgenera
  • For species see Banksia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Banksia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Banksia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Banksia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Banksia at USDA Plants database