sentences:  Up to fifteen follicle form in each head.The oak-leaved dryandra was first formally described in 1856 by Carl Meissner who gave it the name "Dryandra quercifolia" and published the description in de Candolle's "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis" from specimens collected by James Drummond.The specific epithet ("quercifolia") is a Latin word meaning "oak-leaved".