Brown, R. (1830), Proteaceas Novas. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae: 36 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ora occid.-merid., prope King George's Sound, 1823. D. Baxter."

• Comment: Given under BANKSIA L.f. (nom. cons.).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 72 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 582 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sirmuellera prostrata Kuntze legitimate

George, A.S. (11 September 1981), The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). Nuytsia 3(3): 369 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "BM, labelled by Brown "Banksia prostrata R.B. from Mr. William Baxter"; there is another label, possibly in Baxter's hand: "grows on Hills to the east of Oyster Harbour & Mount Gardner, lays flat on the ground." Iso: BM, K, PERTH."

George, A.S. (11 September 1981), The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae). Nuytsia 3(3): 369 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Banksia gardneri A.S.George legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 59 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia gardneri A.S.George legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 96 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Banksia gardneri A.S.George var. gardneri legitimate

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Banksia. Flora of Australia 17B: 207 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia gardneri A.S.George legitimate

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