According To Bentham
Bentham's definition of D. ser. Niveae was "Flowering stems from a creeping trunk very short, with one or few ovoid flower-heads surrounded by long floral leaves. Leaves pinnate with numerous rigid segments white underneath except in D. nana." Four species were included; the placement and circumscription of the series may be summarised as follows:
- Dryandra (now Banksia ser. Dryandra)
- D. sect. Eudryandra
- D. ser. Armatæ (7 species)
- D. ser. Floribundæ (5 species, 2 varieties)
- D. ser. Concinnæ (4 species)
- D. ser. Formosæ (5 species)
- D. ser. Niveae
- D. nivea (now B. nivea)
- D. arctotidis (now B. arctotidis)
- D. arctotidis var. tortifolia (now B. tortifolia)
- D. nana (now B. nana)
- D. Preissii (now B. acuminata)
- D. ser. Obvallatæ (12 species)
- D. ser. Gymnocephalæ (3 species)
- D. sect. Aphragma (7 species, 2 varieties)
- D. sect. Eudryandra
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