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The genus Banksia is in the family Proteaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Banksia

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Banksia aculeata A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia aemula R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia aquilonia (A.S.George) A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia ashbyi Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia attenuata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia audax C.A.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia baueri R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia baxteri R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia benthamiana C.A.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia blechnifolia F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia brevidentata (A.S.George) K.R.Thiele	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia brownii Baxter ex R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia burdettii Baker f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia caleyi R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia candolleana Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia canei J.H.Willis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia chamaephyton A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia coccinea R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia conferta A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia croajingolensis Molyneux & Forrester	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia cuneata A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia dentata L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia dolichostyla (A.S.George) K.R.Thiele	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia dryandroides Baxter ex Sweet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia elderiana F.Muell. & Tate	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia elegans Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia epica A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia ericifolia L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia gardneri A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia goodii R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia grandis Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia grossa A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia hiemalis (A.S.George) K.R.Thiele	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia hookeriana Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia ilicifolia R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia incana A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia integrifolia L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia laevigata Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia lanata A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia laricina C.A.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia lehmanniana Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia leptophylla A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia lindleyana Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia littoralis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia lullfitzii C.A.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia marginata Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia media R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia meisneri Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia menziesii R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia micrantha A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia nutans R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia oblongifolia Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia occidentalis R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia oligantha A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia oreophila A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia ornata F.Muell. ex Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia paludosa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia penicillata (A.S.George) K.R.Thiele	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia petiolaris F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia pilostylis C.A.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia plagiocarpa A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia praemorsa Andrews	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia prionotes Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia pulchella R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia quercifolia R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia repens Labill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia robur Cav.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia rosserae Olde & Marriott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia saxicola A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia scabrella A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia sceptrum Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia seminuda (A.S.George) Rye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia serrata L.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia solandrii R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia speciosa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia sphaerocarpa R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia spinulosa Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia telmatiaea A.S.George	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia tricuspis Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia verticiliata R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia verticillata R. Br.	Accepted		TRO
Banksia victoriae Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Banksia violacea C.A.Gardner	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 256 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Banksia. Of these 83 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 78 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Banksia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 256 species names for the genus Banksia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	83	32.4%
◕	Synonym	164	64.1%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.8%
◕	Unassessed	7	2.7%

All names

The status of the 334 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Banksia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	87	26.0%
◕	Synonym	236	70.7%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.6%
◕	Unassessed	9	2.7%

Of these names,

• 11 are recorded as invalid
• 13 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 256 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Banksia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	82	161	0	0	243	94.9%
	Low confidence	1	3	2	7	13	5.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Banksia, are as follows: