Banksia hirta

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

Banksia hirta is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

It was known as Dryandra hirsuta until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. Since the name Banksia hirsuta had already been published (it is a synonym for Pimelea latifolia subsp. hirsuta), Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "hirta" is from the Latin hirtus ("hairy"), in reference to the indumentum that covers most of the plant.

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