Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1848), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 256 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River. Drummond. coll. II. No. 321."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 70 [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: 219 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin, brevis, short, and cuspis, a cusp or point; refers to the pointed leaves."

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 163-165 [secondary reference]

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 207 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea trifida (R.Br.) Meisn. legitimate

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 389 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea trifida (R.Br.) Meisn. legitimate

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