''Banksieaeidites'' is a

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

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that encompasses

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by seed plants. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm cells). Pollen grains have a hard coat made of sporopollenin that protects the gametophyt ...

that can be attributed to the

Proteaceae The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...

tribe

Banksieae The Grevilleoideae are a subfamily of the plant family Proteaceae. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it contains around 46 genus, genera and about 950 species. Genera include ''Banksia'', ''Grevillea'', and ''Macadamia''. Descriptio ...

, but cannot be attributed to a genus. It was published in 1950 by

Isabel Cookson Isabel Clifton Cookson (25 December 1893 – 1 July 1973) was an Australian botanist who specialised in palaeobotany and palynology. Early years and education Cookson was born at Hawthorn, Victoria, and attended the Methodist Ladies' College ...

and Suzanne Duigan, on the grounds that the two then-members of Banksieae, ''

Banksia ''Banksia'' is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes, and fruiting "cones" and heads. ''Banksias'' range i ...

'' and ''

Dryandra ''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 extensiv ...

'', cannot be distinguished by the pollen. Since then, ''Banksia'' and ''Dryandra'' have been further grouped into subtribe

Banksiinae ''Banksia'' is a genus of around 170 species in the plant family Proteaceae. These Australian wildflowers and popular garden plants are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes, and fruiting "cones" and heads. ''Banksias'' range i ...

, and another subtribe,

Musgraveinae The Grevilleoideae are a subfamily of the plant family Proteaceae. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it contains around 46 genus, genera and about 950 species. Genera include ''Banksia'', ''Grevillea'', and ''Macadamia''. Descriptio ...

, erected to contain two new genera. The correct interpretation for ''Banksieaeidites'' does not appear to have been clarified since then, but treatment of the analogous genus for fossil leaves, ''

Banksieaephyllum ''Banksieaephyllum'' is a plant genus that encompasses organically preserved fossil leaves that can be attributed to the Proteaceae tribe Banksieae, but cannot be attributed to a genus. Before 1950, many fossil leaves were attributed to the gen ...

'', is no longer consistent, with some botanists holding that it is still defined in terms of Banksieae, while others now treat it as defined in terms of Banksiinae. ''Dryandra'' has now been transferred into ''Banksia''. Although as yet undetermined, the latter interpretation would result in ''Banksieaeidites'' becoming a nomenclatural synonym of ''Banksia''. Species include: * '' Banksieaeidites arcuatus'' * '' Banksieaeidites elongatus'' * ''

Banksieaeidites minimus ''Banksieaeidites'' is a plant genus that encompasses fossil pollen that can be attributed to the Proteaceae tribe Banksieae, but cannot be attributed to a genus. It was published in 1950 by Isabel Cookson and Suzanne Duigan, on the grounds that ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4856772 Extinct flora of Australia Banksieae Proteaceae genera Proteales of Australia Prehistoric angiosperm genera

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