George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 396-397 [tax. nov.]

• Type: E of Mayanup, SE of Boyup Brook, Western Australia, 22 September 1972, A.S.George 11621 (holo: PERTH 04228952; iso: CANB).

• Etymology: "The Latin sylvestris (of woods or forests) refers to the typical habitat of the subspecies."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 357, Fig. 59, Map 389 [secondary reference]

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): 67 [basionym]

basionym of: Banksia dallanneyi subsp. sylvestris (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

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