McGillivray, D.J. (24 February 1986), New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae): 3 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Grevillea sphacelata R.Br. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 221 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea sphacelata R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea walteri Gand. legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin, sphacelatus, with brown or black speckling; Robert Brown described the top surface of the leaf as dotted with small protuberances."

Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 48 [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 311-315, 409 [secondary reference]

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 178 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea sphacelata R.Br. legitimate

Hart, J.M. & Henwood, M.J. (14 November 1996), The taxonomic web of the Grey Spider Flower: Grevillea buxifolia (Proteaceae). Telopea 7(1): 74 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea sphacelata R.Br. legitimate

Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 53 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea sphacelata R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea sphacelata R.Br. legitimate

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