Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 473 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In colonia Swan river (Drumm. coll. 4, n. 317.!)."

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 582 [basionym]

basionym of: Dryandra tenuifolia var. elegans (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 301 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryandra tenuifolia R.Br. var. tenuifolia legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryandra tenuifolia R.Br. var. tenuifolia legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Banksia tenuis A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele var. tenuis legitimate

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