sentences:  This species was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner who gave it the name "Dryandra serratuloides" and published the description in "Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany" from specimens collected by James Drummond.The specific epithet ("serratuloides") refers to the similarity of this species to species in the genus "Serratula".In 1996, Alex George described two subspecies in the journal "Nuytsia"