6-463: 92, see list Banksia ser. Dryandra is a series of 94 species of shrub to small tree in the plant genus Banksia . It was considered a separate genus named Dryandra until early 2007, when it was merged into Banksia on the basis of extensive molecular and morphological evidence that Banksia was paraphyletic with respect to Dryandra . The dryandras were named in honour of Swedish botanist Jonas C. Dryander . The first specimens of
12-939: A Dryandra were collected by Archibald Menzies , surgeon and naturalist to the Vancouver Expedition . At the request of Joseph Banks , Menzies collected natural history specimens wherever possible during the voyage. During September and October 1791, while the expedition were anchored at King George Sound , he collected numerous plant specimens, including the first specimens of B. sessilis (Parrotbush) and B. pellaeifolia . Upon Menzies' return to England, he turned his specimens over to Banks; as with most other specimens in Banks' library, they remained undescribed for many years. Further specimens were collected in late 1792 by Jacques Labillardière , one of five naturalists in Bruni d'Entrecasteaux 's expedition in search of
18-641: The Dryandra moth . Endemic to Western Australia , Dryandra occurs virtually throughout the South West Botanic Province , and also, to a much lesser degree, in southwest parts of the Eremaean Province . The species are found only in the southwestern corner of Western Australia . They have never been popular among gardeners among the rest of Australia due to their dislike of the humid and subtropical conditions which dominate
24-542: The east coast. List of Banksia ser. Dryandra species Banksia ser. Dryandra is a large series in the plant genus Banksia . It was treated at genus rank as Dryandra until 2007, when molecular evidence of paraphyly presented by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele , the genus Dryandra was sunk into Banksia as a series within B. subg. Banksia . Before 2007, 94 Dryandra species were recognised. In
30-407: The lost expedition of Jean-François de La Pérouse . While ashore west of Esperance Bay between 11 and 18 December, Labillardière collected the first specimens of B. nivea (Honeypot Dryandra). They are arguably among the most attractive and showy of all members of Proteaceae. Banksia ser. Dryandra species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including
36-455: The transfer into Banksia , D. prionotes was overlooked, and B. subulata (awled honeypot) was transferred incertae sedis rather than in B. ser. Dryandra . D. prionotes has since been transferred into Banksia as Banksia prionophylla , but it was not explicitly placed in B. ser. Dryandra . The series therefore now consists of 92 species. This is a list of Banksia ser. Dryandra species : Prior to
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