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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Further new taxa in Banksia (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae)
GEORGE, A.S.

Three new taxa are described: Banksia ashbyi Baker f. subsp. boreoscaia A.S.George, B. incana A.S.George var. brachyphylla A.S.George and B. sphaerocarpa R.Br. var. pumilio A.S.George. The taxon described as B. sphaerocarpa var. latifolia F.Muell. ex Benth. (1870) and later placed in synonymy under var. sphaerocarpa has recently been rediscovered and is again recognised as an accepted taxon.