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

• Type: "In Novae Hollandiae orâ austral; Lewins Land: in ericetis (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 tenuifolia (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 tenuifolia (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

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

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 578 [basionym]

basionym of: Josephia tenuifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze isonym

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: 181 (fig., map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dryandra uncata A.Cunn. ex Lehm. nom. inval., pro syn.

• Etymology: "From Latin, tenui-, slender (in compound words), and folium, leaf; refers to the long, thin leaves."

George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 358 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Josephia tenuifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze isonym

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 300-301 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Josephia tenuifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze isonym taxonomic synonym: Dryandra uncata A.Cunn. ex Lehm. nom. inval., pro syn.

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

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

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