sentences:  This species was first formally described in 1964 by Charles Austin Gardner who gave it the name "Dryandra cyanoides" and published the description in the "Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia" from specimens he collected near Pingelly.In 2007, Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all the dryandras to the genus "Banksia" and this species became "Banksia cynaroides".The specific epithet ("cynaroides") refers to a perceived similarity of this species to those in the thistle-like genus "Cynara".