Banksia integrifolia subsp. compar

taxobox
name = "Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "compar"

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image_caption = "Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "compar"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Banksia"
species = "B. integrifolia"
subspecies = ""'B. integrifolia"
subsp. "compar"
binomial = "Banksia integrifolia"
subsp. "compar"
binomial_authority = (R.Br.) K.R.Thiele|

"Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "compar" is a subspecies of "Banksia integrifolia". It has larger, glossier leaves than other subspecies, and occurs much further north.

Description

"B. integrifolia" subsp. "compar" is similar to "B. integrifolia" subsp. "integrifolia", but has larger, glossier leaves with undulate margins.The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)] The Banksia Book] cite encyclopedia | author = George, Alex S. | year = 1999 | title = Banksia | editor = Wilson, Annette | encyclopedia = Flora of Australia | volume = Volume 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra | pages = 175–251 | publisher = CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study | id = ISBN 0-643-06454-0]

Taxonomy

The type specimen for "Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "compar" was collected just south of Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia by Robert Brown in August 1802. Brown published the specimen as a new species in his 1810 "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu", but acknowledged its similarity to "B. integrifolia" in his choice of name: "Banksia compar" R.Br, from the Latin "compar", meaning "similar". In 1870, George Bentham declared it a synonym of "B. integrifolia".cite encyclopedia | first = George | last = Bentham | authorlink = George Bentham | year = 1870 | title = | encyclopedia = | volume= | pages=541–562 | location = London | publisher = L. Reeve & Co.] , but this arrangement lasted only until 1913, when Frederick Bailey declared the taxon to be a distinct variety of "B. integrifolia" in his "Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants".APNI | name = Banksia integrifolia var. compar (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey | id = 53939] In 1994, it was promoted to subspecies rank by Kevin Thiele; its full name is therefore ""Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "compar" (R.Br.) K.R.Thiele".cite journal | author = Thiele, Kevin and Pauline Y. Ladiges | year = 1994 | title = The Banksia integrifolia L.f. Species Complex (Proteaceae) | journal = Australian Systematic Botany | volume = 7 | issue = 4 | pages = 393–408 | doi = 10.1071/SB9940393] APNI | name = Banksia integrifolia subsp. compar (R.Br.) K.R.Thiele | id = 127460]

For many years a montane form of the subspecies was recognised, with differences in leaf shape and fruiting structure, but it was not known whether these were real morphological variations, or simply adaptations to the colder weather at high altitudes. In 1994, at the same time that the taxon was promoted from variety to subspecies rank, the montane form was declared a separate subspecies, "Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "monticola".

Distribution and habitat

"Banksia integrifolia" subsp. "compar" is generally found on infertile, sandy soils within 50 kilometres (30 mi) of the coast. Endemic to Australia, it occurs along the east coast of Queensland from Brisbane in the south, north to Proserpine. "The Banksia Atlas" also recorded "a possible outlier near Bishops Peak, Cardwell" which, if correct, would extend the subspecies' range by about 400 kilometres (250 mi).The Banksia Atlas]

References

External links

*Flora of Australia Online | name = Banksia integrifolia subsp. monticola | id = 3389