sentences:  This species was first collected by James Drummond in the late 1840s, and sent to England in Supplement 19 to his 5th Collection.The first mention of the species occurred in 1852, when Meissner published "A list of the Proteaceae collected in south-western Australia by Mr. James Drummond" in "Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany".This list includes an entry for this specimen under the name "Dryandra speciosa "Meisn.