In 1891, Otto Kuntze, in his Revisio Generum Plantarum, rejected the generic name Banksia L.f., on the grounds that the name Banksia had previously been published in 1776 as Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst, referring to the genus now known as Pimelea.
In 1891, Otto Kuntze rejected the generic name Banksia L.f., arguing that it had been previously published in 1776 under a different name, Banksia J.R.Forst & G.Forst, which now refers to the genus Pimelea.