Banksia bella

Wongan Dryandra
Banksia bella at Wongan Hills Nature Reserve
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Subgenus:	Banksia subg. Banksia
Series:	Banksia ser. Dryandra
Species:	B. bella
Binomial name
Banksia bella A.R.Mast and K.R.Thiele
Synonyms
Dryandra pulchella Meisn.

Banksia bella, commonly known as the Silver Wongan Dryandra or Wongan Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. Unusual amongst dryandras, its foliage is glaucous-grey in colour.

B. bella was known as Dryandra pulchella until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named Banksia pulchella (Teasel Banksia), Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "bella", is from the Latin bellus ("beautiful").

References

• Cavanagh, Tony; Pieroni, Margaret (2006). The Dryandras. Melbourne: Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria); Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. ISBN 1-876473-54-1.
• Mast, Austin R.; Thiele, Kevin (2007). "The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 20: 63–71. doi:10.1071/SB06016.
• "Dryandra pulchella Meisn.". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.

External links

• "Dryandra pulchella Meisn.". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
• "Dryandra pulchella Meisn.". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
• "Banksia bella A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.