Banksia glaucifolia

Banksia glaucifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Banksia
Subgenus: Banksia subg. Banksia
Series: Banksia ser. Dryandra
Species: B. glaucifolia
Binomial name
Banksia glaucifolia
A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele

Banksia glaucifolia is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

It was known as Dryandra glauca until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. The name "Banksia glauca" had already been published in reference to Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia so Mast and Thiele were forced to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "glaucifolia", retains the original use of "glauca", from the Latin glaucus ("blue-grey"), combining it with the Latin folium ("leaf"). Thus the name refers to the blue-grey leaves of the species.

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