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Total pages in content type is 33

Good articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 2

Did you know? articles[edit]

... that Banks' Florilegium is a series of 743 engravings of plants collected by Joseph Banks (pictured) and Daniel Solander on Cook's Pacific voyage between 1768 and 1771? (2006-08-26)
... that the Banksia menziesii (pictured), named after 18th-century physician and naturalist Archibald Menzies, is also known as the Firewood Banksia for its burning properties and abundancy? (2006-06-21)
... that the heathland shrub Banksia paludosa (pictured) is pollinated by sugar gliders and brown antechinus? (2011-05-12)
... that the Banksia series Spicigerae is a taxonomic series of Banksia characterized by cylindrical inflorescences? (2006-07-16)
... that Banksia aemula (pictured) is thought to have inspired "Banksia Men" – the villains in the children's story by May Gibbs? (2010-06-07)
... that the flowers of Banksia alliacea smell of onions? (2017-07-21)
... that 17 species of slime mould (myxomycetes) have been isolated from the bark of the tree Banksia attenuata (pictured)? (2010-12-02)
... that the critically endangered shrub orange dryandra is known from an area of less than 4.5 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi) in Western Australia? (2017-07-22)
... that the furry flower spikes of Banksia baueri take up to six months to develop? (2013-05-08)
... that the old flower spikes of Banksia benthamiana (pictured) may contain up to 130 follicles (seed pods)? (2009-06-06)
... that the shrub Banksia blechnifolia got its name because its leaves resembled those of ferns? (2018-02-20)
... that the flower spikes of Banksia burdettii (pictured) can contain over 900 individual flowers each? (2015-08-27)
... that the flower spikes of Banksia lemanniana, Banksia caleyi (pictured) and Banksia elderiana hang upside down rather than erect like most other Banksia species? (2010-05-10)
... that Banksia candolleana shrubs have been estimated at 1000 years old? (2011-05-10)
... that the seed of the Australian plant Banksia canei (pictured) requires stratification (keeping at 5 °C for 60 days) before germination? (2011-05-07)
... that the Australian plant Banksia coccinea is grown commercially in South Africa, North America, New Zealand, and Israel as a cut flower crop? (2014-04-25)
... that local aborigines would squat over burning cones of Banksia dentata (pictured) to treat diarrhea? (2012-12-04)
... that seed of the flowering shrub Banksia dryandroides made its way from King George Sound to the United Kingdom, before it was finally described from plants growing in Bayswater, a London suburb? (2010-01-27)
... that over 99% of the flower heads of the shrub Banksia elegans set no seed? (2013-04-28)
... that Banksia epica is named after two epic journeys the first by Edward John Eyre in 1841 to cross the Nullarbor and the second by John Falconer in 1986 to collect specimens from the same area? (2006-09-01)
... that Banksia hookeriana plants are larger when they grow on road verges? (2017-07-10)
... that the nectar of the hoary banksia turns olive green and then black with age? (2012-12-03)
... that the tennis ball banksia (pictured) is so named for its inflorescences which look like tennis balls? (2010-03-08)
... that the Rose-Fruited Banksia is so named because its fruiting bodies resemble roses made of wood? (2006-08-15)
... that Banksia lindleyana goes by the common name of "Porcupine Banksia"? (2009-03-25)
... that the flower spikes of Banksia media (pictured) are pollinated by honey possums? (2014-04-04)
... that there were only 61 known plants of the endangered shrub Banksia montana in the wild in 2004? (2014-05-03)
... that the larger of two varieties of Banksia oblongifolia (pictured) described in 1987 was called minor? (2012-03-27)
... that at 13 years, the tough, leathery leaves of the shrub Banksia petiolaris (pictured) are the longest lived of any flowering plant thus far recorded? (2009-12-15)
... that Banksia plagiocarpa was undescribed for 112 years after it was first collected? (2011-09-03)
... that the flower spikes of Banksia praemorsa (pictured) can reach 27 cm (11 in) high? (2014-05-06)
... that tangled honeypots can be found in kwongan? (2013-05-08)
... that while searching for French zoologist Claude Riche, lost in Western Australia, botanist Jacques Labillardière collected the first specimens of Banksia repens? (2009-12-30)
... that the Australian plant Banksia saxicola has been cultivated outdoors in the Netherlands and United Kingdom? (2013-04-27)
... that over half the population of the rare wildflower Banksia scabrella are found on road verges? (2010-04-27)
... that the flower spikes of Banksia sceptrum (pictured) take six to seven months to develop? (2016-03-10)
... that the River Banksia (Banksia seminuda) was originally considered a subspecies of the Swamp Banksia (Banksia littoralis), as they share many similar characteristics? (2006-07-10)
... that whole populations of Banksia speciosa (pictured) have perished from Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback in Western Australia? (2013-05-05)
... that the yellow nectar of the western Australian wildflower Banksia sphaerocarpa congeals to a thick, olive-green mucus? (2010-01-23)
... that the rare Ironcap Banksia (pictured) from Western Australia has the longest pistils of any banksia? (2009-06-18)
... that the Hairpin Banksia spike (pictured) contains over 1,000 individual flowers around a central woody axis? (2006-06-14)
... that the rare Banksia verticillata (pictured) is threatened by three fungi – aerial canker, dieback and honey mushroom? (2009-12-29)
... that the leaves of two species of the fossil plant genus Banksieaeformis resemble those of the living Banksia serrata? (2014-05-24)
... that Fred Humphreys attempted to photograph every species of Banksia, but died before the resulting book was published? (2012-11-17)
... that Celia Rosser, Australian botanical illustrator has the Banksia species Banksia rosserae and the cultivar Banksia canei 'Celia Rosser' named in her honour? (2006-07-05)

Total pages in content type is 47

Main page featured articles[edit]

Banksia cuneata (2012-03-06)
Banksia integrifolia (2007-02-27)
Banksia menziesii (2015-10-09)
Banksia paludosa (2015-02-17)
Banksia sessilis (2020-08-03)
Banksia aculeata (2018-05-13)
Banksia aemula (2016-02-22)
Banksia aquilonia (2013-05-15)
Banksia attenuata (2017-02-28)
Banksia blechnifolia (2020-09-26)
Banksia brownii (2006-12-24)
Banksia caleyi (2019-10-13)
Banksia canei (2016-11-27)
Banksia coccinea (2016-09-11)
Banksia dentata (2014-07-09)
Banksia epica (2013-12-24)
Banksia ericifolia (2009-01-26)
Banksia grossa (2014-04-19)
Banksia ilicifolia (2012-11-07)
Banksia lemanniana (2019-07-19)
Banksia marginata (2019-12-01)
Banksia oblongifolia (2019-01-12)
Banksia petiolaris (2020-10-06)
Banksia prionotes (2010-06-02)
Banksia scabrella (2016-08-16)
Banksia sceptrum (2021-09-21)
Banksia serrata (2020-12-16)
Banksia speciosa (2020-05-10)
Banksia sphaerocarpa (2018-04-03)
Banksia spinulosa (2011-03-02)
Banksia telmatiaea (2018-08-12)
Banksia verticillata (2015-10-19)
Banksia violacea (2013-08-21)

Total pages in content type is 33