who discovered it?
Edward John Eyr
Banksia epica
The first European to see "B. epica" was probably Edward John Eyr
what is banksia epica? A shrub where can you find it? South coast of Western Australia
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Banksia epica [SEP] Discovery and naming
The first herbarium collection of "B. epica" was not made until October 1973, when Ernest Charles Nelson visited Toolinna Cove to collect specimens for a taxonomic revision of "Adenanthos". Nelson was stimulated to make that revision from an interest in the problem of disjunct plant distributions in southern Australia, and therefore collected specimens of a range of plant species. On 22 October, he collected a specimen of "B. epica" in old flower, but incorrectly identified it as "B. media", and later lodged it in the herbarium at Canberra under that name.