Dryandra ser. Floribundae

Dryandra" ser. "Floribundae is an obsolete series within the former genus "Dryandra" (now "Banksia" ser. "Dryandra"). It was first published by George Bentham in 1870, and was given a new circumscription by Alex George in 1996, but was ultimately discarded in 2007 when Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele sunk "Dryandra" into "Banksia".
According to Bentham.
Bentham's definition of "D." ser. "Floribundae" encompassed the species with inflorescences that were very much exposed, because their floral leaves were either very short or "few and spreading". The placement and circumscription of the series may be summarised as follows:
According to George.
Bentham's arrangement stood until 1996, when Alex George published his revision of "Dryandra". George transferred "D. carduacea" (which was then named "D. squarrosa" subsp. "squarrosa") and "D. polycephala" into "D." ser. "Armatae", and placed "D. carlinoides" and "D. kippistiana" in "D." ser. "Acrodontae". This left only "D. floribundae" (which was then named "D. sessilis") in "D." ser. "Floribundae". The series was defined in terms of the distinguishing characteristics of "D. sessilis"; for example it was noted that "the apparent absence of floral bracts is unique in the genus."
George's placement and circumscription of "D." ser. "Floribundae", as amended in 1999 and 2005, may be summarised as follows:
Recent developments.
Since 1998, Austin Mast has been publishing results of ongoing cladistic analyses of DNA sequence data for the subtribe Banksiinae. His analyses have provided compelling evidence of the paraphyly of "Banksia" with respect to "Dryandra"; that is, it seems that "Dryandra" arose from within the ranks of "Banksia". Early in 2007, Mast and Kevin Thiele initiated a rearrangement of "Banksia" by sinking "Dryandra" into it as "B." ser. "Dryandra". This transfer necessitated the setting aside of George's infrageneric arrangement of "Dryandra"; thus "D." ser. "Floribundae" is no longer current. Mast and Thiele have foreshadowed publishing a full arrangement once DNA sampling of "Dryandra" is complete.