 "Hemiclidia is an obsolete plant taxon that encompassed material that is now included in "Banksia".Published at genus rank as Hemiclidia by Robert Brown in 1830, it was set aside by George Bentham in 1870, but reinstated at subgenus rank by Alex George in 1996.In 2007, all "Dryandra" species were transferred into "Banksia" at series rank, and the infrageneric "Dryandra" taxa, including "D." subg.