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 * Plant species:** //Banksia marginate//
 * Plant family:** Proteaceae
 * Common name:** Silver banksia
 * Distribution**: South Australia, South East New South Wales, Tasmania
 * Habit:** Quite a variable species that can range from small shrubs (1 metre tall) to tall trees (12 metres).


 * Pollination and fertilisation**

What processes are required for the flowers of your species to develop into mature seeds? Fertilisation and biotic pollination (by insects or animals)


 * Formal morphology and visitations**

How does the morphology of the flower influence the type and number or animals that will land on the flower? There are a large variety of pollinators for Banksia marginata including small mammals, birds and insects. However, flowers are mainly bird-pollinated due to large distances between the nectaries and stigma, the clustering of flowers into large conspicuous, inflorescences and hooked styles.



__Floral measurements__
 * Sample || Female (mm) || Male (mm) ||
 * 1 || 18 || 14  ||
 * 2 || 16 || 13  ||
 * 3 || 14 || 15  ||
 * 4 || 14 || 13  ||
 * 5 || 17.5 || 13  ||
 * Average || 15.9 || 13.6  ||
 * Standard deviation || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; text-align: right;">1.9 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; text-align: right;">0.9  ||


 * Variability of floral morphology**

How variable is the floral morphology of your plant species? Within the banksia spp. Genus, the floral morphology is similar, where it is: - Cylindrical in shape - Composed of a central woody spike/axis - Composed of up to 1000 individual flowers - Arise from nodes on branchlets




 * Pollen morphology**

What type of pollen does this species produce and how abundant is it within each other? Produces diporate pollen

How could you count the number of pollen grains? You could count the number of pollen grains by using a microscope to determine how many grains are in a particular area of the plant, then multiplying the number to total the whole plant area

What size and shape are they? Monad arrangement




 * Nectar characterisation**

What is the typical volume and sugar content of nectar per flower? Although the banksia used within the experiment contained no traces of nectar/ an insufficient amount to be collected, all banksia species contain copious amounts of nectar.


 * Group Members:** Louise Bromly, Matt Clifton, Josh Hall, Tereza Nemanic, Paige O' Brien