sentences:  This species was first formally described in 1856 by Carl Meissner who gave it the name "Dryandra cirsioides" and published the description in de Candolle's "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis" from specimens collected by James Drummond.The specific epithet ("carlinoides") is a reference to a perceived similarity to plants in the genus "Cirsium".In 2007 Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all dryandras to the genus "Banksia".