Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 174 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Novae Hollandiae ora orientali; prope Port Jackson: in montibus saxosis. (ubi v.v.)"

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

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 162 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 12, 14, 204 [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: 190 [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): 341 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Grevillea scabrifolia Gand. legitimate

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

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

basionym of: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides (R.Br.) McGill. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea buxifolia (Sm.) R.Br. legitimate

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 75 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides (R.Br.) McGill. legitimate

Hart, J.M. & Henwood, M.J. (14 November 1996), The taxonomic web of the Grey Spider Flower: Grevillea buxifolia (Proteaceae). Telopea 7(1): 73 [secondary reference]

pro parte nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides (R.Br.) McGill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea scabrifolia Gand. legitimate

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Appendix: Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 504 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "... prope Port Jackson; in montibus saxosis', N.S.W. [protologue]; lecto (here chosen): BM (R.Brown Iter Austral. 3323, '22 Grevillea phylicoides prodr. 379 Hills near the banks of the Grose'; [piece at centre of sheet, marked 'd' in pencil]); isolecto: BM [sheet as for lecto, pieces marked 'c' at lower left of sheet, and 'e' at upper right; excluding pieces marked 'a', 'b' which are G. buxifolia (Sm.) R.Br. subsp. buxifolia], ?E n.v., K (Brown [Itern Austral.] 3323, s.loc., whole sheet), ?LE n.v., NSW."

nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides (R.Br.) McGill. legitimate

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 331-332, Map 313 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides (R.Br.) McGill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides 'race d' legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides 'Blue Mountains form' legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides 'Typical form' legitimate common name: Grey Spider Flower [n/a]

• APC Comment: Occasional intermediates with G. buxifolia subsp. buxifolia and G. sphacelata are known.
• APC Dist.: NSW

Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 52 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Grevillea buxifolia subsp. phylicoides (R.Br.) McGill. legitimate

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: 88 [basionym]

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

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