Aboriginal Names for banksia species – Cas Liber Aerial layering of Banksia integrifolia monticola at Banksia Farm – Kevin Collins Banksias of Bishop's Peak, North Queensland- Peter Abell

I have moved onto the one of the next rarest species, namely Banksia elegans, which is listed as Priority 4 by CALM (i.e. Taxa which are considered to have been adequately surveyed and which, whilst being rare, are not currently threatened by any identifiable factors. These taxa require monitoring every 5–10 years.). Introduction: James Drummond collected this distinctive banksia on his sixth collecting journey, which took place from1850 to the end of 1851 and Meissner described it in 1855. Alex George felt it had no close relatives in the genus and placed it in series Cyrtostylis. He did note its unusual characters; a spherical inflorescence and the very few, tuberculate follicles. He noted the leaves resembled Banksia ashbyi but the perianth an