Proteaceae Juss.
Dryandra ferruginea subsp. flavescens A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 364 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: E of Lake King crossroads, Western Australia, 31 July 1986, A.S.George 1672 (holo: PERTH 03462498; iso: CANB, PERTH 03462501, 03462528).
  • Etymology: "The Latin flavescens (becoming yellow) refers the the leaves which dry a yellowish colour."
George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 306, Fig. 45, Map 331 [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): 69 [basionym]
basionym of: Banksia rufa subsp. flavescens (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate