this taxon was first published by meissner in his 1856 chapter on the proteaceae in a. p. de candolle's "prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis".. meissner's arrangement followed that of robert brown in segregating a single species into the genus "hemiclidia", and dividing the remaining species into three sections according to what were perceived to be variations in the number of seed separators. meissner then further divided "d." sect. "eudryandra" into eight unranked groups signified by the symbol "§". the first of these, dryandra § ilicinae, was defined as comprising four species with leaves resembling those of "ilex" (holly). the placement and circumscription of "d." § "ilicinae" in meissner's arrangement thus looks like this: