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C1833
Banksia prostrata. Prostrate Banksia
Artist:
Miss Sara Ann Drake (1803 - 1857)
Common name Prostrate Banksia Modern binomial name Banksia gardneri First described Alex George Distribution Southwest Western Australia It was initially named Banksia prostrata, but Alex George discovered that name was illegal because it was already a valid synonym of Pimelia prostrata. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Banksia prostrata. Prostrate Banksia
Date:
C1833
Artist:
Miss Sara Ann Drake (1803 - 1857)
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1833
Description:
Common name Prostrate Banksia
Modern binomial name Banksia gardneri
First described Alex George
Distribution Southwest Western Australia
It was initially named Banksia prostrata, but Alex George discovered that name was illegal because it was already a valid synonym of Pimelia prostrata. He broke his rule about never naming plants after people and named it after Charles Gardner in honour of his work on banksias.
From Sydenham Edwards, The Botanical Register or Ornamental Flower-Garden and Shrubbery consisting of Coloured Figures of Plants and Shrubs, Cultivated in British Gardens. Volume 19 t. 1572
Biography:
Miss Sara Ann Drake (1803-1857)
Drake came from the same area of Norfolk as the London University botanist John Lindley, and in 1830 moved into the Lindley home in London. She appears to have had a number of roles in the Lindley home, including that of governess, but eventually she took up botanical art, gradually taking over from Lindley the illustration of his botanical publications. She created illustrations for his Sertum Orchidaceae as well as over 1000 illustrations for the Edwards’s Botanical Register, which Lindley edited from 1829 to 1847. Lindley named the Western Australian orchid genus Drakaea in her honour. Drake’s career ended with the Botanical Register went out of business in 1847.
