George, A.S. (25 January 1996), New taxa and a new infrageneric classification in Dryandra R.Br. (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). Nuytsia 10(3): 381-382 [tax. nov.]

• Type: N of Coorow-Greenhead Rd on Willis Rd, Western Australia, 30 00'S, 115 32'E, 5 August 1986, A.S.George 16784 (holo: PERTH 04228480; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).

• Etymology: "Epithet from the Greek macros (large) and carpos (a fruit), the follicles being larger than those of subsp. speciosa."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 337, Plate 60, Map 361 [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): 70 [basionym]

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

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