J. Banks
English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences · 1743–1820
9 specimens, collected between 1769 and 1923 on 2 collecting days.
- Specimens
- 9
- Type specimens
- 1
- Years in the field
- 155
- Islands
- 3
- Species
- 9
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 34
Specimens by decade
1760s1920s
Earliest: Nephrolepis hirsutula, 1769 (Tahiti). Latest: Achyranthes aspera, 1923.
Named for Banks
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Banks. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Syrrhopodon banksii Calymperaceae27
- Grevillea banksii Proteaceae25
- Hormosira banksii Hormosiraceae10
- Pinus banksiana Pinaceae10
- Austroblechnum banksii Blechnaceae9
- Pterostylis banksii Orchidaceae9
- Cordyline banksii Asparagaceae7
- Neoroepera banksii Picrodendraceae7
- Selaginella banksii Selaginellaceae7
- Petalostigma banksii Picrodendraceae6
- Senecio banksii Asteraceae6
- Astelia banksii Asteliaceae5
- Freycinetia banksii Pandanaceae5
- Leptaspis banksii Poaceae5
- Maesa banksiana Primulaceae3
- Neolalage banksiana Monarchidae3
- Syzygium banksii Myrtaceae3
- Centrolepis banksii Restionaceae2
- Hibbertia banksii Dilleniaceae2
- Neottia banksiana Orchidaceae2
- Turritella banksi Turritellidae2
- Viola banksii Violaceae2
- Alseuosmia banksii Alseuosmiaceae1
- Astronidium banksianum Melastomataceae1
- Carex banksii Cyperaceae1
- Crossostylis banksiana Rhizophoraceae1
- Cyclostoma banksianum Clausiliidae1
- Eucalyptus banksii Myrtaceae1
- Leptaleocera banksi Derbidae1
- Luzula banksiana Juncaceae1
- Oldenlandia banksii Rubiaceae1
- Paratrophis banksii Moraceae1
- Sterculia banksiana Malvaceae1
- Turritella banksii Turritellidae1
From the field
