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Banksia integrifolia subsp. compar (R.Br.) K.R.Thiele, in K.R.Thiele & P.Y.Ladiges, Austral. Syst. Bot. 7: 406 (1994)

Hierarchical Names List Entry

Banksia compar R.Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 207 (1810); Banksia integrifolia var. compar (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey, Comp. Cat. Queensland Pl. 455 (1913). T: just S of Keppel Bay, [Qld], Aug. 1802, R.Brown ; holo: BM.

Illustrations: A.S.George, Banksia Book 3rd edn, 50, 51, fig. 2B, pl. 20 (1996).

Differs from subsp. integrifolia in its larger, undulate leaves commonly 10–20 cm long, 20–26 mm wide, shining green above.

Common along the coast between Proserpine and Brisbane, Qld. Found on sand dunes, and a short distance inland on hills in sand, loam or basaltic soil in woodland or forest. Flowers mainly Jan.–June. Map 178.

Qld: near Bundaberg, S.T.Blake 11301 (BRI); Tin Can Bay, 17 Sept. 1946, M.S.Clemens (BRI); Tibrogargon, Glass House Mtns, 23 July 1972, F.D.Hockings (BRI); S of Bustard Head, SE of Gladstone, May 1968, J.P.Stantone (BRI).

Some collections are intermediate between subsp. compar and subsp. integrifolia, e.g. Tamborine Mtn, S of Brisbane, C.E.Hubbard 2506 (S). Thiele & Ladiges (Austral. Syst. Bot. 7: 404 (1994)) recorded a collection from the Kroombit Tablelands, Qld, intermediate with subsp. monticola.