Brown, R. (1830), Proteaceas Novas. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae: 39 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ora occid.-merid., regio mont. prope King George's Sound, 1829. W. Baxter."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 72 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 578 [basionym]

basionym of: Josephia arctotidis (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 60 [secondary reference]

Sainsbury, R.M. (1985), A Field Guide to Dryandra: 5 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 157 (fig., plate) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the old family name, Arctotidaceae. This family is now included in the daisy family Asteraceae, but the well-known garden plant from South Africa, Arctotis, still carries on the name. Presumably Brown saw a resemblance of the leaves to this family."

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 351-352, Fig. 58, Map 380 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Josephia arctotidis (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

George, A.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999), Dryandra. Flora of Australia 17B: 357 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Dryandra brownii Meisn. legitimate by Sainsbury, R.M. (1985), A Field Guide to Dryandra: 5

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 821 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Dryandra arctotidis R.Br. var. arctotidis legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Josephia arctotidis (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

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

misapplied to: Banksia brunnea A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate by Sainsbury, R.M. (1985), A Field Guide to Dryandra: 5

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Banksia arctotidis (R.Br.) 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): 66 [basionym]

basionym of: Banksia arctotidis (R.Br.) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele legitimate

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