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

• Type: just W of cemetery, Moora, Western Australia, 30 38'S, 115 59'E, 9 August 1993, A.S.George 17002 (holo: PERTH 04228642; iso: CANB, K, NSW).

• Etymology: "The varietal epithet is from the Greek pollostos (smallest, least), this having the smallest leaf lobes of any Dryandra."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 356, Fig. 59, Map 386 [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. pollosta (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

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