George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 388 [tax. nov.]

• Type: South Fence Rd, 7 km NW of Albany-Lake Grace Rd., SE of Nyabing, Western Australia, c. 33 40'S, 118 18'E, 30 July 1986, A.S.George 16694 (holo: PERTH 03462595; iso: CANB, PERTH 03462609).

• Etymology: "The varietal epithet is from the Latin parvus (small) and refers to the flowers being smaller than those of var. conferta."

Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996), Rare or Threatened Australian Plants: 147 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 346, Map 372 [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 densa var. parva (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

Thiele, K.R. (30 July 2019), Two new Western Australian species segregated from Banksia densa (Proteaceae). Nuytsia 30: 212 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia parva (A.S.George) K.R.Thiele legitimate

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