Banksia cynaroides
| Banksia cynaroides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Banksia |
| Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
| Series: | Banksia ser. Dryandra |
| Species: | B. cynaroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Banksia cynaroides (C.A.Gardner) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Dryandra cynaroides C.A.Gardner | |
Banksia cynaroides is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.
An assessment of the potential impact of climate change on this species found that it was likely to be driven to extinction by loss of habitat by 2080, even under mild climate change scenarios.[1]
References
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Matthew C.; Gove, Aaron D.; Sanders, Nathan J.; Dunn, Robert R. (2008). "Climate change, plant migration, and range collapse in a global biodiversity hotspot: the Banksia (Proteaceae) of Western Australia". Global Change Biology. 14 (6): 1–16. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01559.x.
- "Banksia cynaroides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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