Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(48): 205 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In montibus Stirling's Range."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 68 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 62 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 299 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: " From Greek, platy-, broad, and -podus, footed; presumably refers to the leaves, which resemble a broad bird's foot."

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 243 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea patentiloba F.Muell. legitimate

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1994), New names and combinations in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). The Grevillea Book 1: 180 [basionym]

basionym of: Grevillea patentiloba subsp. platypoda (F.Muell.) Olde & Marriott legitimate

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 82 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea patentiloba subsp. platypoda (F.Muell.) Olde & Marriott legitimate

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 172 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Stirling Ra., W.A., s.d., F.Mueller; holo: MEL; iso: B (as Diels 7457) n.v., PERTH"

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 172 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea patentiloba subsp. platypoda (F.Muell.) Olde & Marriott 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 platypoda (F.Muell.) Christenh. & Byng legitimate

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