In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze challenged the generic name Banksia L.f., on the grounds that the name Banksia had previously been published in 1775 as Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst, referring to the genus now known as Pimelea.
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The first botanical collection of this species may well have been Claude Riche, naturalist to Bruni d'Entrecasteaux's 1791 expedition in search of the lost ships of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse.
Banksia | Banksia integrifolia | Lagerstroemia speciosa | Banksia prionotes | Banksia hookeriana | Banksia coccinea | Banksia spinulosa var. collina | Tecomanthe speciosa | Sinningia speciosa | Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii | Banksia speciosa | Banksia Park International High School | Banksia nivea | Banksia ilicifolia | Banksia attenuata | Banksia aemula | banksia | Attalea speciosa | On a flowering ''Banksia | Erythrina speciosa | Banksia splendida | ''Banksia spinulosa'' var. ''cunninghamii'' | ''Banksia spinulosa'' var. ''collina'' | Banksia spinulosa | Banksia rosserae | Banksia pulchella | ''Banksia ornata | Banksia nobilis | Banksia nana | Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia |
Western Australian banksias that the bee has been recorded visiting include Banksia ashbyi, B. coccinea, B. hookeriana, B. ilicifolia, B. menziesii, B. prionotes, B. sessilis, and B. speciosa.