Kippist, R. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1855), Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 123 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Drummond, coll. V. n. 416."

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

basionym of: Dryandra proteoides var. ferruginea (Kippist ex Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 60 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 138 (plate), 164-165 (fig., map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dryandra runcinata Meisn. nom. inval., nom. nud.

• Etymology: "From Latin, ferrugineus, rusty red; refers to the rusty red hairs under the leaves."

George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 360 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 302 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dryandra proteoides var. ferruginea (Kippist ex Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

George, A.S. (16 December 2005), Further new taxa in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae : Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 15(3): 337 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia rufa A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

Mast, A.R. & Thiele, K.R. (26 February 2007), The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 66 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Banksia rufa A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

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