George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 351 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Dongolocking Nature Reserve, Western Australia, c. 33 03'S, 117 42'E, 14 October 1994, .A.S.George 17247 (holo: PERTH 014228693; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).

• Etymology: "Named from the Greek megas (large) and notios (southern), this species occurring in the region of south-western Western Australia known as the Great Southern."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 291, Map 309 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dryandra sp. 45 (K.Alcock 486) [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia meganotia (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): 68 [basionym]

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

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