Author Terry Dunham ◦
Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) and Banksia lemanniana (Yellow Lantern Banksia). Note the two different species spelling, that sometimes get confused when naming them >>
H. Lehmanniana is named in honour of German botanist Johann Georg Christian LEHMANN (1782-1860) who described a lot of Western Australian flora based on the collections of Preiss.
B. lemanniana is named after Charles Morgan LEMANN (1806-1852) an English amateur botanist who amassed a collection of 30,000 herbarian specimens housed at Cambridge.
Lehmannianus, ianus = belonging to and Lemannianus, ianus = belonging to.
Blue Hakeas in Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia 15.6.24 and Yellow Banksias on the sth coast and Stirling Range National Park in recent year.
Photographs © Terry Dunham
