Banksia nivea, commonly known as Honeypot Dryandra, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. First described as Banksia nivea, it was transferred to Dryandra as Dryandra nivea by Robert Brown in 1810, and remained in that genus until 2007, when all Dryandra species were transferred to Banksia by Austin Mast and Kevin Thiele. A number of subspecies have been described, Banksia niveaBanksia nivea subsp. Morangup (M. Pieroni 94/2)Banksia nivea subsp. nivea Banksia nivea subsp. uliginosa (A.S.George) A.R.Mast & K.R.Thiele