 In the absence of any genuine "B. media" specimens from Toolinna Cove, George inferred that only "B. epica" occurred there, and that Eyre must have sighted "B. epica" in 1841.In 1988, he published a formal description of the species, naming it "Banksia epica" in reference to the two "epic" journeys of Eyre and Falconer.Thus the species' full name is "Banksia epica" A.S.George.