In his 1856 arrangement of the genus, there were 58 described Banksia species. Meissner divided Brown's Banksia verae, which had been renamed Eubanksia by Stephan Endlicher in 1847, into four series based on leaf properties. He placed B. sceptrum in the series Quercinae.
In his 1856 reclassification of the genus, Meissner recognized 58 Banksia species. He further subdivided Brown's Banksia verae, which had been previously renamed Eubanksia by Endlicher in 1847, into four groups based on leaf attributes and placed B. sceptrum within the Quercinae series.