Proteaceae Juss.
Banksia sphaerocarpa R.Br. var. sphaerocarpa , legitimate, autonym
Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 453 [autonym]
  • Comment: Given under BANKSIA L.f. (nom. cons.).
George, A.S. (11 September 1981), The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). Nuytsia 3(3): 418-419, Figs 7A, 9(51), 15D, 91 (map) BHL [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Banksia sphaerocarpa var. latifolia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 116 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Banksia sphaerocarpa var. latifolia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate common name: fox banksia [n/a] common name: round-fruited banksia [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From Greek, sphaera, a sphere, and carpos, a fruit; refers to the spherical old cones."
George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Banksia. Flora of Australia 17B: 239, Fig. 35, Map 247 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Banksia sphaerocarpa var. latifolia F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA
George, A.S. (21 August 2008), Further new taxa in Banksia (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 18: 57 [secondary reference]