Bentham's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia

An iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plant, they are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting "cones".

They grow in forms varying from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 35 metres tall, and occur in all but the most arid areas of Australia.

Specimens of Banksia were first collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, naturalists on HM Bark Endeavour during Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook's 1770 voyage to the Pacific Ocean.

He retained Isostylis, but replaced Meissner's four series by four sections based on leaf, style and pollen-presenter characters.

It was only superseded in 1981, with the publication of Alex George's arrangement in his landmark monograph The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae).

George Bentham 's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia was first published in Volume V of Flora Australiensis .