Banksia obtusa

Shining Honeypot

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

Banksia obtusa, commonly known as Shining Honeypot, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. It was known as Dryandra obtusa until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele.

References

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 obtusa R.Br.". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.

External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

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

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

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

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

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