sentences:  This species was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown who gave it the name "Dryandra serra" and published the description in the "Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae" from specimens collected by William Baxter near King George's Sound in 1829.The specific epithet ("serra") is a Latin word meaning "saw", referring to the leaves.In 2007, Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all the dryandras to the genus "Banksia" and this species became "Banksia serra".