Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1848), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 254 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond. coll. II. No. 319."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 69 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 61 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 218 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek, brachy-, short, and -stachyus, a spike (in compound words) refers to the short flowering racemes."

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 116-117, 408 [secondary reference]

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 66-67 (Plate 50, fig., map) [secondary reference]

common name: Short-spiked Grevillea [n/a]

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 178, Fig. 16, Map 162 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (9 February 2018), GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. The Global Flora: a practical flora to vascular plant species of the world 4: 77 [basionym]

basionym of: Hakea brachystachya (Meisn.) Christenh. & Byng legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Grevillea brachystachys F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA

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