Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 215 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Nova Hollandiae orâ australi; Lewins Land; ad latera saxosa collium (ubi v.v.)."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (24 September 1813), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 3(1): 176 [basionym]

basionym of: Josephia pteridifolia (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Poiret, J.L.M. in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1822), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 2, 24: 245 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Josephia pteridifolia (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 73 [secondary reference]

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

Sainsbury, R.M. (1985), A Field Guide to Dryandra: 78 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 173-176 (fig., map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dryandra blechnifolia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryandra nervosa R.Br. legitimate common name: tangled honeypot [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the family Pteridaceae, a fern family, and the Latin, folium, leaf; refers to the fern-like leaves."

George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 371 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Bay 1 [Lucky Bay, E of Esperance, Western Australia], January 1802, R. Brown Iter Australiense 3426 (holo: BM; iso: K (2 sheets)."

nomenclatural synonym: Josephia pteridifolia (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 311 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 312 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dryandra nervosa R.Br. legitimate by Sainsbury, R.M. (1985), A Field Guide to Dryandra: 78

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

nomenclatural synonym: Josephia pteridifolia (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryandra pteridifolia var. blechnifolia Hereman nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Dryandra sp. Fitzgerald (M.A Burgman s.n.) [n/a]

George, A.S. (16 December 2005), Further new taxa in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae : Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 15(3): 345 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia pteridifolia (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Banksia alliacea A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate by Sainsbury, R.M. (1985), A Field Guide to Dryandra: 78

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): 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Banksia pteridifolia (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

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