Which botanical genus is named after Joseph Banks?
Banksia
Florabanksia
Josephia
Banksibotania
Answer
The botanical genus Banksia is named after Joseph Banks, a British naturalist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage to Australia in 1770. Banks was a keen botanist and collected many plants during his travels, including several species of Banksia. These plants were named after him by Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist who developed the binomial system of nomenclature.
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