George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 379-380 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Hopkins Reserve, SE of Kulin, Western Australia, 32 44'S, 118 17'E, 1 August 1986, A.S.George 16743 (holo: PERTH 04228758; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).

• Etymology: "Named from the Latin inopinatus (unexpected), in reference to the flower colour which is quite unlike that of var. erythrocephala."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 332, Map 355 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Dryandra erythrocephala var. 44 (A.S.George 16743) [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia erythrocephala var. inopinata (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): 67 [basionym]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia erythrocephala var. inopinata (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

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