George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 395-396 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lower Chittering, Western Australia, 3 Sept. 1994, A.S.George 17210 (holo: PERTH 04228766; iso: CANB, K, NSW, PERTH 04228774)."

• Etymology: "Epithet from the Latin melliculus (a little honey), the inflorescences of this group of dryandras being popularly referred to as 'honeypots' on account of their shape and nectar production."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 354-356, Map 385 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Dryandra nivea (Labill.) R.Br. legitimate by George, A.S. (1984), An Introduction to the Proteaceae of Western Australia: 44, t. 61

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia dallanneyi var. mellicula (A.S.George) 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): 67 [basionym]

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

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