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. III. No. 269."

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: 218-219 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin bractea, a bract, and -osus, an abundance of; refers to the prominent bracts on the developing flowers."

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 375-376, 409 [secondary reference]

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 69-71 (Plate 53, fig., map) [secondary reference]

common name: Bracted Grevillea [n/a]

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 187, Map 174 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (21 August 2008), Recognition of new taxa in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 18: 230-231 [secondary reference]

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: 78 [basionym]

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

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