sentences:  This species was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner who gave it the name "Dryandra nana" and published the description in "Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany" from specimens collected by James Drummond.The specific epithet ("nana") is a Latin word meaning "dwarf".In 2007 Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all dryandras to the genus "Banksia" and renamed this species "Banksia nana".