Prior to this, the only known visit by Europeans to an area where S. spinulosa occurs was the voyage of Dutch mariner Willem de Vlamingh, who explored Rottnest Island and the Swan River in December 1696 and January 1697 respectively.
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However, there is no record of a substantial collection reaching Holland, and somehow these two specimens ended up at Java where they remained for over seventy years.
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Together with Acacia truncata it was the first Australian endemic to be scientifically described and named, and the specimen upon which that description is based is the oldest extant specimen of an Australian plant, and very likely among the first Australian plant specimens ever collected.
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Together with Acacia truncata, it was the first Australian endemic to be scientifically described and named, and the specimen upon which that description is based is the oldest extant specimen of an Australian plant, and very likely among the first Australian plant specimens ever collected.
Banksia spinulosa var. collina | Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii | ''B. spinulosa'' var. ''cunninghamii'' | ''Banksia spinulosa'' var. ''cunninghamii'' | ''Banksia spinulosa'' var. ''collina'' | Banksia spinulosa |