''Banksia dallanneyi'' subsp. ''media'' is a subspecies of ''

Banksia dallanneyi ''Banksia dallanneyi'', commonly known as couch honeypot, is a species of prostrate shrub that is Endemism, endemic to Western Australia. It only has a short above-ground stem, wikt:pinnatipartite, pinnatipartite or wikt:pinnatisect, pinnatise ...

''. It was known as ''Dryandra lindleyana'' subsp. ''media'' until 2007, when Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele sunk all ''

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 ...

'' into '' Banksia''. Since there was already a ''Banksia'' named '' Banksia lindleyana'', Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet for ''D. lindleyana'' and hence for this subspecies of it. As with other members of ''Banksia'' ser. ''Dryandra'', it is endemic to the

South West Botanical Province Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia. It includes the Mediterranean-climate area of southwestern Australia, which is home to a diverse and distinctive flora and fauna. The region is also known as the Southwest Aus ...

of Western Australia.

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