Talk:Banksia

message: Aren't there Banksias in South Africa too? --Eric Forste 07:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the genus is endemic to Australia. There are closely related genera in South Africa, such as Protea. - MPF 19:00, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: It has just come to my attention that this article is almost entirely a copy violation of this web page.  The copyvio edit was this. For now I am going to revert the text to pre-copyvio version. Snottygobble | Talk 06:20, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio

message: I'd like to collect some banksia seeds. Does anyone know how long they take to mature on the branch?
* No.  But in the vast majority of species the follicles don't open until stimulated to do so by fire.  So you should have no trouble getting mature, viable seed from any older looking cone. Snottygobble | Talk 11:53, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Seed Maturation

message: Probably a good idea to move species photos to individual pages of species (and upload more ) when species are written
Cas Liber 22:08, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gallery move if/when species written 

message: It has been proposed to make an effort to get this article up to featured status. Below is a draft to-do list. Feel free to add items and strike out completed jobs. Snottygobble 00:44, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Featured article

message: Something needs to be done about Taxonomy of Banksia and Cladistic analysis of Banksia. Taxonomy of Banksia is misnamed in that it doesn't so much discuss the taxonomy of Banksia as present a particular taxonomic arrangement. Furthermore it is one-sided in that it only presents Alex George's arrangement while ignoring the alternative. Cladistic analysis of Banksia is true to its title in that it really does discuss cladistic analysis of Banksia, but then it presents an alternative arrangement that really ought to be accessible from the taxonomy article.
I think we should have a single page entitled Taxonomy of Banksia that presents
*history of the nomenclature and taxonomy
*the morphology and other properties used in classification
*discussion of George's taxonomic arrangement, and recognition that it is the "standard" arrangement
*presentation of George's taxonomic arrangement
*discussion of modern findings using cladistic/genetic/molecular analysis, especially discussion of Thiele and Ladige's findings (i.e. info from Cladistic analysis of Banksia)
*presentation of Thiele and Ladige's alternative taxonomic arrangement
*discussion of open questions, areas of future research, likely future changes to the arrangement.
What do you think? Snottygobble 00:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomy - merge proposal

message: ...actually Banksia robur's leaves are hardly typical either (but it is my photo ...he he he). But seriously, I have a sneaking suspicion that the M-RBG ericifolia looks alot like 'Giant Candles'. However some ericifolias definitely do look like that as well.
I am not fussed either way -'tis all good. Cas Liber 11:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm opposed to B. ericifolia appearing there because the leaves are highly atypical. I think the current picture is better but I'm not particularly attached to it either. If you have an image that's even better, whack it in. Meanwhile, I've asked [[User:Gnangarra}]] for a "perfect" picture - see his talk page. Snottygobble 11:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

text: What would be even more perfect than perfect would be a photo that meets all the criteria I dumped on Gnangarra... of B. serrata, the type species. But I'm afraid Gnangarra can't help us with that one. Snottygobble 23:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just altered the taxabox box image as a compromise this has most notable features visable, change it back if you want to Gnangarra 14:30, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I will have a look, I have an OK one of pods. Looked in a few places on my computer.....Cas Liber 01:29, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  image in taxobox 

message: Guys- this was an expanded summary of what I just put as references - feel free to use none/some/all onto Ecology bit of the page Cas Liber 21:29, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanding  ecology 

message: I was annoyed with inconsistency in references to species. Sometimes we used "B." and sometimes "Banksia"; Sometimes we used the common name, sometimes the species name, and sometimes both. So I tried to impose some order on the article.  What I did was:
* The first reference to a species is formatted as
*:B. integrifolia (Coast Banksia)
*All subsequent references to that species is formated as
*:B. integrifolia
Is that okay? Snottygobble 00:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep thats the best way to present the information, this format needs to be used consistantly across all Banksia related articles.  Gnangarra 07:40, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Species references

message: Actually, I meant to run this on Banksia brownii, but whatever. Why waste a perfectly good linkdump? See User:Edward Z. Yang/LinkFix dump for details.
================================================================================
LinkFix Dump
Banksia
2006-07-12.23-22-16
================================================================================
20  Floreat -> Floreat, Western Australia
22  Shrubs -> Shrub
24  Whorl -> DISAMBIG
28  Perianth -> DISAMBIG
38  Cape York -> Cape York Peninsula
45  Waverley -> DISAMBIG
46  Honeyeaters -> Honeyeater
46  Honey possum -> Honey Possum
72  Botanist -> Botany
74  Banksieae -> Grevilleoideae
74  Banksiinae -> Grevilleoideae
76  Cladistic -> Cladistics
83  Nectar -> Nectar (plant)
83  Birds -> Bird
90  ASGAP -> Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
93  Beekeeper -> Beekeeping
96  Coaster -> DISAMBIG
140 ASGAP -> Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
141 ASGAP -> Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
# DONE
— Edward Z. Yang(Talk) 03:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  LinkFix Dump 

message: Thanks for the suggestions, any others to add to this list
:#.remove orange area.
:#.Add Eyre Pennninsula region
:#.single colour Eastern salicinae (2 shades east and dentata)
With two colour I wont lable It can be done in the description on image page or in thumb nail.
:I don't think I agree with Cas' suggestion re: only two colours. The first thing worth saying about the distribution is that it is split into three disjunct areas that each contain only endemic species. Mast evidently thought this worth showing on his map, and I like the idea of doing so on ours. And I liked Gnangarra's use of three different colours to express this.
:If we colour dentata the same as the eastern species because it belongs in Salicinae, don't we have to colour the western and eastern species the same because they both contain Spicigerae?
:I like the idea of a map that uses different colours to capture the distributions of the various taxa, but I think that should be a separate map. 
:Snottygobble 11:46, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: On reviewing Mast's image, I notice that Mast does in fact circle the eastern species and dentata together, then separate them using  a dashed line. Evidently Mast was trying to make the same point that Cas is; that dentata could be considered an extension of the eastern /south coastal distribution. Gnangarra, perhaps you could fiddle around with the possibility of showing dentata as a lighter shade of the eastern colour? e.g. west = green; east = red; dentata = light red? Snottygobble 12:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Looks great. Banksia dentata is contiguous with B aquilonia and B robur in areas of FNQ. I spoke to Alex George recently, who was actually pondering whether the gap of B dentata underneath the Gulf of Carpentaria was real or just that no-one had collected there. Anyway, I am not fussed and can see points either way. :)Cas Liber 21:30, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Added Carnarvon Gorge, I think the closeness of the colour is preferred as the two areas aren't truely seperate just a variant in climatic conditions. Gnangarra 07:11, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ripper, right on she goes.... Cas Liber 08:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: To do 

message: Is this really a common name for Banksia? I've never heard of it, and googling for "Australian Honeysuckle Tree" turns up only six pages, most of which use the name to refer specifically to B. baueri or B. speciosa. I have removed it from the intro; feel free to revert if you think I'm wrong. Snottygobble 11:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: George used it in The Proteaceae of WA (1984), though it dont remeber the exact phrasing but it a general term to cover the proteaceae family Gnangarra 02:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Australian Honeysuckle Trees

message: This photo might be good in the article if someone can identify the bat or the banksia.--Peta 01:07, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Peta; it's Banksia ericifolia (Heath-leaved Banksia). We could certainly use it at Banksia ericifolia and Ecology of Banksia. Snottygobble 01:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bat

message: You might find this image useful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mt_henry_peninsula_banksia.JPG
thanx
--talk to symode09's or Spread the love! 01:55, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: I just noticed this article still only refers to about 80 species, Gnangarra 12:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, this article has not yet been dryandrified. There is plenty more dryandrification needed than just updating the species count. :-( Hesperian 12:59, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species count 

message: So . . . is someone going to mention this guy?  Robert Downey, Jr. claimed to be him at the Oscars; and surely, that is the reason that this was the featured article today, right? Shocking Blue (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Um... are you talking about Banksy? Hesperian 00:00, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perfomance Artist Banksia 

message: Does a photo of books make any sense? If these are - as the legenc claims - "Some of the better known books on the genus", they should have been used in the references. If they have not, then it begs the question as why not, seeing that they are "Some of the better known books on the genus". If they have not been used/ cited/ referenced in the article, but we still would like to preserve the information, would it not make more sense to type out name and author and add somewhere? I've seen pages with "Further reading" sections, such as here - don't know how accepted this practice is or if it is something that has been discontinued. Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 17:39, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo of books 

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thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: What temperatures are needed for banksia trees? I live in the southern USA, so I wonder about the possibility of planting a banksia tree here? Are thy frost tolerant? Pete unseth (talk) 14:55, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temperature requirements?