Banksia obovata

Wedge-leaved Dryandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Subgenus:	Banksia subg. Banksia
Series:	Banksia ser. Dryandra
Species:	B. obovata
Binomial name
*Banksia obovata* A.R.Mast and K.R.Thiele

Banksia obovata, commonly known as Wedge-leaved Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

It was known as Dryandra cuneata until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. As there was already a plant named Banksia cuneata (Matchstick Banksia), Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "obovata", is from the Latin ob- ("inverse") and ovum ("egg"), in reference to the obovate leaves.

References

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Transactions of the Linnean Society of London/Volume 10/On the Proteaceae of Jussieu/Dryandra#Dryandra cuneata

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Flora Australiensis/Volume V/CIV. Proteaceae/29. Dryandra#Dryandra cuneata

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

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