Timeline of Banksia

Banksia serrata as painted by Sydney Parkinson during the voyage on which the genus was first collected.

This is a timeline of developments in knowledge and understanding of the Australian plant genus Banksia:

18th century

Joseph Banks
The genus Banksia was first published by Carolus Linnaeus the Younger in his 1782 Supplementum Plantarum.
B. praemorsa was one of the first two Banksia species collected from Western Australia.

19th century

Robert Brown was a key figure in the collection and study of Banksia in the 19th century.
B.prionotes
B. petiolaris
George Bentham's 1870 arrangement of Banksia would stand for over 100 years.
Stirling Ranges, Western Australia

20th century

In 1981, Alex George published The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae), the first thorough revision of the genus for over a century.
The Banksia Atlas project greatly increased knowledge of the distribution, habitat and diversity of Banksia.

21st century

B. rosserae, the most recently discovered and described Banksia species.

References

  1. 1 2 Banksias by Kevin Collins, Kath Collins and Alex George published 2008, ISBN 978-1-876473-58-7
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