Banksia catoglypta is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has pinnatisect leaves with sharply-pointed, triangular lobes and heads of golden brown and cream-coloured flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Banksia |
| Subgenus: | Banksia subg. Banksia |
| Series: | Banksia ser. Dryandra |
| Species: | B. catoglypta
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Dryandra catoglypta A.S.George | |
Species description
editBanksia catoglypta is a shrub that typically grows to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high and wide but lacks a lignotuber. The stems have characteristic, prominent egg-shaped to oval bracts at the base of each new year's growth. The leaves are 150–300 mm (5.9–11.8 in) long, 25–70 mm (0.98–2.76 in) wide on a petiole 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in) long and pinnatisect with between ten and fifteen sharply pointed, triangular lobes on each side. The flowers are arranged in groups of between 85 and 110 in each head on the end of a short branchlet. The heads are surrounded by silky-hairy, egg-shaped to oblong involucral bracts up to 25 mm (0.98 in) long. Each flower has a golden brown perianth 44–56 mm (1.7–2.2 in) long and a cream-coloured pistil 46–64 mm (1.8–2.5 in) long with a dull reddish pink pollen presenter 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long. Flowering occurs from June to July and the fruit is a broadly egg-shaped follicle 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in) long and 17–20 mm (0.67–0.79 in) wide.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
editThis species was first formally described in 1996 by Alex George in the journal Nuytsia and given the name Dryandra catoglypta.[4][5] The specific epithet (catoglypta) is derived from ancient Greek words meaning "downwards" and "carved", referring to the bracts on the stem.[6] In 2007 Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all dryandras to the genus Banksia.[7][8]
Ecology
editBanksia catoglypta is obligately outcrossed and primarily pollinated by the white-cheeked honeyeater, and feral european honeybees. However, small mammals also contribute to pollination of this species with the honey possum and feral house mouse commonly visiting the flowers.[citation needed]
Distribution and habitat
editThis banksia grows on breakaways in kwongan on the Gairdner Range and north of Badgingarra in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region.[3][4]
Conservation status
editBanksia catoglypta is classified as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999[9] and as "Threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is in danger of extinction.[10] The main threats to the species are inappropriate fire regimes, grazing by rabbits, land clearing and weed invasion.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Banksia catoglypta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Banksia catoglypta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b George, Alex S. (1999). Flora of Australia (PDF). Vol. 17B. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. p. 310. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b c George, Alex S. (1996). "New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae)". Nuytsia. 10 (3): 369–370. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Dryandra catoglypta". APNI. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ Mast, Austin R.; Thiele, Kevin (2007). "The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 20 (1): 63–71. doi:10.1071/SB06016.
- ^ "Banksia catoglypta". APNI. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "SPRAT Profile Banksia catoglypta". Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Conservation advice Banksia catoglypta" (PDF). Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 23 June 2023.