sentences:  This banksia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in the journal "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London" and given the name "Dryandra falcata".In 2007, Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele transferred all the dryandras to the genus "Banksia" and this species became "Banksia falcata".The specific epithet ("falcata") is a Latin word meaning "falcate" or "shaped like a scythe or sickle".