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''Banksia caleyi'', commonly known as the red lantern banksia or Caley's banksia, is a species of woody shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. It generally grows as a dense shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) tall, has serrated leaves and unusual red, hanging inflorescences which are generally hidden in the foliage. It occurs in southern Western Australia south and east of the Stirling Ranges through to around Jerramungup. First described by Robert Brown in 1830, it was named in honour of the English botanist George Caley. It is one of three or four related species all with pendent inflorescences, which is an unusual feature within the genus. No subspecies are recognised. ''Banksia caleyi'' is classified as Not Threatened under the Wildlife Conservation Act of Western Australia. Unlike many Western Australian banksias, it appears to have some resistance to dieback from the soil-borne water mould ''Phytophthora cinnamomi'', and is one of the easier Western Australian species to grow in cultivation. ==Description== ''Banksia caleyi'' grows as a many-branched bushy shrub to 2 m (7 ft) in height, with friable grey bark.〔 Rarely, plants of up to have been found.〔 The new growth is hairy,〔 and generally occurs in summer.〔 The branchlets become smooth after around two years. The stiff leaves are narrowly wedge-shaped (cuneate) and measure in length by wide. The leaf margins are serrated, with many teeth measuring each.〔 Flowering takes place between September and January.〔 The inflorescences hang down from the ends of three to five-year old branchlets deep within the shrub and measure in length and roughly in diameter. The flowers are cream at the base and deep pink to red in the upper half, and are brightest before anthesis before gradually fading with age. The inflorescences eventually turn grey, the old flowers remaining as up to 25 large woody follicles develop. Oval in shape and covered with fine hair, the follicles can reach long high, and wide. The obovate seed is long and fairly flattened, and is composed of the wedge-shaped seed body proper, measuring long and wide, and a papery wing. One side, termed the outer surface, is dark brown and wrinkled, while the other is black and smooth. Both surfaces sparkle slightly. The seeds are separated by a sturdy dark brown seed separator that is roughly the same shape as the seeds with a depression where the seed body sits adjacent to it in the follicle. Seedlings have cuneate (wedge-shaped) cotyledons which measure long and wide. These are dull green with three veins, and the margin of the wedge may be red and crenulated (lined with small teeth). The hypocotyl is red and measures high. Seedlings have hairy stems and leaves opposite lives that are obovate with triangular-lobed serrate margins.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banksia caleyi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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