This is probably Banksia grandis... Nice to to see this plant Satish Ji uploaded another species of Banksia from SFO which i identified
Tanay On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:14 PM, ushaprabha page <[email protected]>wrote: > Banksia -endemic to Australlia > World wide 72 spp. of the genus., > all 72 are in Aus, Out of it 71 are endemic to Australia. > Genus named after Sir Josep Banks a naturalist who introduced this > genera to the western world > introduced also Eucalyptus,Mimosa acasia ,during his botanical > excursion-from England > -to the island of Australia with Capt. Cook on his ship in 1768-1771 > the coast where he camped for collecting and drying his specimen was > named Botany bay. > 1st photo-seed pod of Banksia-sp. > Flowers on Banksia tree. > 3rd- B.grandis. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
