 "Quercinae" was first published in 1856, in Carl Meissner's chapter on the Proteaceae in A. P. de Candolle's "Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis".It was one of four series into which the subgenus "Eubanksia" was divided.These four series were defined in terms of leaf characters, with series "Quercinae" containing the species with strongly dentate, cuneate to obovate leaves.