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C1790
The Banksia serrrata in Flower.
Banksia serrata was first collected at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, naturalists on the Endeavour, during Cook’s first voyage. However, the species was not published until April 1782, when Carolus Linnaeus … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Banksia serrrata in Flower.
Date:
C1790
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Platemark Size:
160mm
x 200mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1790
Description:
Banksia serrata was first collected at Botany Bay on 29 April 1770, by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander, naturalists on the Endeavour, during Cook’s first voyage. However, the species was not published until April 1782, when Carolus Linnaeus the Younger described the first four Banksia species in his Supplementum Plantarum.
Common name: Old man banksia, saw banksia, saw-tooth banksia and red honeysuckle.
Binomial name Banksia serrata
First described: Linnaeus 1782
Distribution: QLD, NSW, VIC & TAS
From John White’s, Journal of a voyage to New South Wales.
Frederick Polydore Nodder (1751 - 1800)
Nodder was an English natural history artist of plants, animals and fauna. He was botanical artist to Queen Charlotte and also worked for Joseph Banks on the monumental publication of the botanical specimens collected on James Cook's first voyage. Known as Banks' Florilegium, it was never printed during Bank's lifetime.
