Banksia

banksia Translingual right|thumb|Banksia ashbyi gnangarra subspecies Etymology From mul en Banks a surname mul ia. Named after the English botanist Joseph Banks, who collected the first specimens of the genus on his 1770 voyage to Australia with James Cook. First published in 1782 by Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. Earlier, in 1775, Forster & Forster had proposed the name Banksia for the genus now called Pimelia genus, but Linnaeus' use was accepted. Proper noun 1 f genus family Proteaceae banksias, with characteristic flower spikes and fruiting cones and heads, native to Australia Hypernyms genus ; Grevilleoideae subfamily - subfamily; Banksieae tribe - tribe; Banksiinae subtribe - subtribe Hyponyms genus Banksia subg. Banksia subgenus, Banksia subg. Isostylis subgenus - subgenera For species see 1 Descendants ru ба́нксия 1 References 1 1 1 BANKS mul taxonomic eponyms English Proper noun en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Bayside s/New South Wales c/Australia. Derived terms en Banksia Peninsula