Talk:Banksia ericifolia

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Contents 1 Giant Candles 2 taxobox image 3 Banksia cunninghamii? Consistency please? 4 Working towards FA 5 Taxonomy: Isostylis

[edit] Giant Candles

The giant candles articls has

• It is a hybrid between the Gosford form of B. ericifolia (Heath-leaved Banksia) and a form of B. spinulosa var. spinulosa.

where as this article has

• Hybrids with Banksia spinulosa have been recorded in the wild. Banksia "Giant Candles" was a chance garden hybrid between B. ericifolia and B. cunninghamii.

Can I assume the GC article is right? Gnangarra 07:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Good on you for cross-checking these things. GC has a reference for the claim, so stick with GC until a contradictory reference comes to light. Hesperian 12:03, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I've actually spoken with Russell Costin in the past - it may well be a cultivated plant of the gosford B ericifolia but the latter on the GC site is true, except that B spin cunninghamii is the parent. cheers Cas Liber 12:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I wonder if we can cite this as "Costin, Russell, pers. comm.. I've done this before, at Exhumation of Yagan's head. But this stick is stuck deeper in the mud these days. Hesperian 12:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Suggest you need to revise the word "entire" in "Thus the species with entire leaf margins was given the specific name ericaefolia, from the Latin erica, meaning "heather", and folium, meaning "leaf"." Hesperian 05:57, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Woops! cheers, Cas Liber | talk | contribs 06:41, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] taxobox image

What would you think of using Image:Banksia ericifolia cult email.jpg in the taxobox? It does have the advantage of showing both flowers and leaves in a nice composition.Circeus 16:45, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Funny you should mention this as I was just looking at the image yesterday and musing on whether there was a more appropriate one. I have uploaded a bunch of 'em. Yey. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Banksia cunninghamii? Consistency please?

At least try to be consistent between this article and Banksia spinulosa... Circeus 03:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:04, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Working towards FA

for some reason this one rather than Banksia spinulosa I feel is coming together more easily for a punt at FA (am waiting for Hesperian's call on Banksia telmatiaea too), but there's oodles of interesting studies on this plant. Anyway my first dilemma is the cultivar section, currently listy. Do folks think ok as is with copyediting and expanding or better in a few cohesive paragraphs with bolded names? cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Taxonomy: Isostylis

Maybe it should be mentioned in Taxonomy of Banksia that Britten suggested that Isostylis be the new name, and in both places that this would have been a homonym of Isostylis (R.Br.) Spach 1846? I don't know whether that was part of the reason to reject that challenge, though. Circeus 15:46, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure I fully understand what's going on here. If you do, then go for it. Hesperian 02:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)