''Banksia shanklandiorum'' is a species of dense shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has hairy stems, pinnatipartite to

pinnatisect The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular o ...

leaves with sharply-pointed lobes, pink to gold-coloured flowers in heads of about 100, and egg-shaped follicles.

Description

''Banksia shanklandiorum'' is a species of dense shrub with hairy stems and pinnatipartite to pinnatisect leaves that are long and mostly wide with between nine and sixteen sharply-pointed, linear lobes on each side. The flowers are pink to gold-coloured and arranged in heads of about 100 with rusty-hairy, lance-shaped involucral bracts long at the base of each head. The perianth is long and the

pistil Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...

long. Flowering occurs from July to August and the follicles are egg-shaped, long and hairy in the lower half.

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1988 by

Roderick Peter Randall Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Hrōþirīks, Hrōþirīks'', from ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrōþiz, hrōþiz'' "fame, glory" + ''*wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rīks, ríks'' ...

who gave it the name ''Dryandra shanklandiorum'' and published the description in ''Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie'' from specimens he collected near Dowerin in 1985. In 2007 Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all dryandras to the genus ''Banksia'' and renamed this species ''Banksia shanklandiorum''.

Distribution and habitat

''Banksia shanklandiorum'' grows in tall shrubland between Cadoux and Hyden in the Avon Wheatbelt

biogeographic region An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of l ...

Conservation status

This banksia is classified as " Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia

Department of Parks and Wildlife The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) was the department of the Government of Western Australia responsible for managing lands described in the ''Conservation and Land Management Act 1984'' and implementing the state's conservation and e ...

, meaning that is rare or near threatened.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4856716 shanklandiorum Plants described in 1988