Proteaceae Juss.
Dryandra lepidorhiza 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): 374-375 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Reserve 15801, W of Woodanilling, Western Australia, 33 35'S, 117 22'E, 4 November 1986, A.S.George 16879 (holo: PERTH 03322777; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH 03222785).
  • Etymology: "Epithet from the Greek lepis (a scale) and rhiza (a root), in reference to the stems being covered in scale-like 'bracts'."
George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 316, Fig. 48, Map 349 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Dryandra sp. 41 (A.S.George 16879) [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia lepidorhiza (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 lepidorhiza (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate