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  Name Wedge-leaved Dryandra
  Regnum Plant ae
  Divisio Magnoliophyta
  Classis Magnoliopsida
  Ordo Proteales
  Familia Proteaceae
  Genus '' Banksia ''
  Subgenus ''Banksia'' Subg ''Banksia''
  Series ''Banksia'' Ser ''Dryandra''
  Species '''''B&nbspobovata'''''
  Binomial ''Banksia obovata''
  Binomial Authority ARMast and KRThiele


''Banksia obovata'', commonly known as '''Wedge-leaved Dryandra''', is a Shrub endemic to Western Australia .

It was known as ''Dryandra cuneata'' until 2007, when all ''Dryandra'' species were transferred to '' Banksia '' by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele . As there was already a plant named '' Banksia Cuneata '' (Matchstick Banksia), Mast and Thiele had to choose a new specific epithet; their choice, "obovata", is from the Latin ''ob-'' ("inverse") and ''ovum'' ("egg"), in reference to the obovate leaves.


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