Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 171 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novae Hollandiae ora orientali; prope Port Jackson: in fruticetis a littore remotis. (ubi v.v.)"

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]

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

Tate, R. (July 1895), A supplement to a census of the flora of extra-tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 19: 81 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 163 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 165 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 270 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 192 [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 340 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Grevillea patulifolia Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea neurophylla Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea alpivaga Gand. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 179 [secondary reference]

Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 134 [secondary reference]

Fairley, A. & Moore, P. (1989), Native Plants of the Sydney District: 169 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 293 (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Grevillea micrantha Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea patulifolia Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea neurophylla Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea alpivaga Gand. legitimate common name: small flower grevillea [n/a]

• Etymology: "From Latin, parvus, small, and flos, a flower; refers to the small and slender flowers."

Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea linearifolia (Cav.) Druce legitimate

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 341-349, 426 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Between Prospect and Nepean R., NSW, s.d., R.Brown Iter Austral. 3337; lecto BM; isolecto:NSW.

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 79-81 (Plate 58, fig., map) [secondary reference]

common name: Small-flower Grevillea [n/a]

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 232 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: Former records of this species from Victoria (e.g. J.H.Willis, Handb. Pl. Victoria (1973)) refer to a range of other species: G. alpivaga, G.neurophylla, G. patulifolia, G. gariwerdensis, G. micrantha.
• APC Dist.: NSW

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 243 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Grevillea halmaturina Tate subsp. halmaturina legitimate by Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 134

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 234 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Grevillea patulifolia Gand. legitimate by Fairley, A. & Moore, P. (1989), Native Plants of the Sydney District: 169

Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 60 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Grevillea linearifolia f. Narrower-leaved Sydney form [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Grevillea halmaturina subsp. laevis Makinson legitimate by Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 134

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Grevillea halmaturina Tate subsp. halmaturina legitimate by Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 1: 134

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: 87-88 [basionym]

basionym of: Hakea parviflora (R.Br.) Christenh. & Byng legitimate

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