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Banksia Burdettii
''Banksia burdettii'', commonly known as Burdett's banksia, is a species of shrub or tree of the genus ''Banksia'' in the family Proteaceae. It occurs on sandplain country north of Gingin, Western Australia. Growing to 4 m (13 ft) in height, it has long serrated leaves and large, bright flower spikes, initially white before opening to a bright orange, that appear mainly in late summer (February and March). Edmund Gilbert Baker described ''B. burdettii'' in 1934, naming it after its collector, W. Burdett. Description ''Banksia burdettii'' grows as an evergreen shrub to a height of . The new growth is hairy, though longer stems are smooth. The sturdy, serrated grey green leaves are long and wide with a narrow oblong or wedge-shape and a truncate tip. The toothed margins are slightly downcurved. Burdett's banksia has cm high flower spikes, known as inflorescences, that prominently displayed on the ends of stems, appearing between the months of January and May, peaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
The Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria at Cranbourne Gardens, is a division of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (the second division being the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, located in the centre of Melbourne). It is located in the suburb of Cranbourne, about 45 km south-east of the Melbourne city centre. Cranbourne Gardens specialises in Australian native plants. The total area of this division of the botanic gardens is 363 hectares, including heathlands, wetlands and woodlands. The gardens also provide habitat for native birds, mammals and reptiles, including some rare and endangered species. A recent feature of the Cranbourne, is the specially constructed ''Australian Garden'', opened to the public on 28 May 2006. The ''Australian Garden'' features a number of exhibition gardens, sculptures and displays aimed to bring the beauty and diversity of the Australian landscape and plants to the public. Beyond the ''Australian Garden'', the bushland section of the garden con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perianth
The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals) or tepals when called a perigone. The term ''perianth'' is derived from Greek περί (, "around") and άνθος (, "flower"), while ''perigonium'' is derived from περί () and γόνος (, "seed, sex organs"). In the mosses and liverworts (Marchantiophyta), the perianth is the sterile tubelike tissue that surrounds the female reproductive structure (or developing sporophyte). Flowering plants In flowering plants, the perianth may be described as being either dichlamydeous/heterochlamydeous in which the calyx and corolla are clearly separate, or homochlamydeous, in which they are indistinguishable (and the sepals and petals are collectively referred to as tepals). When the perianth is in two whorls, it is described as biseriate. While the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Mast
Austin R. Mast is a research botanist. Born in 1972, he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2000. He is currently a professor within the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University (FSU), and has been director of FSU's Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium since August 2003. One of his main areas of research is the phylogenetics of Grevilleoideae, a subfamily of Proteaceae. In 2005 he showed the genus ''Banksia'' to be paraphyletic with respect to ''Dryandra'', Collaborating with Australian botanist Kevin Thiele, he subsequently transferred all ''Dryandra'' taxa to ''Banksia'', publishing over 120 taxonomic names in the process. The change has been adopted by the Western Australian Herbarium, although has met with some controversy. He has previously worked on the Deep South Plant Specimen Imaging Project, which created a repository of annotated high-resolution digital images of plant specimens within the East Gulf Coastal Plain The Gulf Coastal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Victoriae
''Banksia victoriae'', commonly known as Woolly Orange Banksia, is a species of large shrub or small tree in the plant genus ''Banksia''. It occurs in Western Australia between Northampton, Western Australia and Kalbarri, with the occasional plant further north as far as Zuytdorp Nature Reserve. Description ''B. victoriae'' generally grows as a tall shrub, but older plants sometimes attain a tree habit, growing as high as seven metres. It has smooth grey back and densely hairy stems. Leaves are long and wide, with deep triangular lobes and woolly surfaces. Flowers occur in typical ''Banksia'' "flower spikes", inflorescences made up of hundreds of pairs of flowers densely packed in a spiral about a woody axis. ''B. victoriae'''s inflorescence is orange, long. After flowering, up to 30 follicles develop in the flower spike. These are usually concealed by withered flower parts, which persist on the spike for a long time. Taxonomy Discovery and naming The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksia Hookeriana
''Banksia hookeriana'', commonly known as Hooker's banksia, is a species of shrub of the genus ''Banksia'' in the family Proteaceae. It is native to the southwest of Western Australia and can reach up to high and wide. This species has long narrow serrated leaves and large, bright flower spikes, initially white before opening to a bright orange that appear over the cooler months. The flowers are pollinated by honeyeaters. The ageing flower spikes develop woody seed pods known as follicles. ''B. hookeriana'' is serotinous — large numbers of seeds are stored in the plant canopy for years until the plants are burnt by bushfire. Description ''Banksia hookeriana'' grows as an bushy shrub to around in diameter, and high. pp. 118–19. It has smooth bark. New growth appears in spring and summer. Anywhere up to several hairy -long branchlets arise from just below nodes on larger branches. The leaves themselves are scattered along the branchlets but more crowded toward the tips. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
