sentences:  The specific epithet ("blechnifolia") was a reference to the fern genus "Blechnum" with a Latin ending meaning "-leaved".In 2007, Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all the dryandras to the genus "Banksia", but since there was already a species named "Banksia blechnifolia", Mast and Thiele gave this species the name "Banksia pellaeifolia".The epithet ("pellaeifolia") refers to the fern genus "Pellaea".