Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1994), New names and combinations in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). The Grevillea Book 1: 182 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "26.1 km W of Brand Highway on road to Greenhead, Western Australia, 14 Sep 1991, P.M. Olde 91/89 (holotype: NSW; isotype: PERTH)."

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 110-111 (Plate 84, fig., map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The subspecific epithet is derived from the Latin glaber (smooth) and limbus (a limb), in reference to the glabrous perianth limb."

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 159, Map 139 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Olde, P.M. & Keighery, G.J. (4 November 2022), New species and taxonomic changes in the Grevillea thelemanniana Group (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae: Hakeinae) from south-west Western Australia. Telopea 25: 346 [secondary reference]

• Type: "26.1 km W of Brand Highway on road to Greenhead, Western Australia, P.M. Olde 91/89, 14 Sep 1991 (holo: NSW362991; iso: NSW298991; PERTH04700201)."

Olde, P.M. & Keighery, G.J. (4 November 2022), New species and taxonomic changes in the Grevillea thelemanniana Group (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae: Hakeinae) from south-west Western Australia. Telopea 25: 346 [basionym]

basionym of: Grevillea glabrilimba (Olde & Marriott) Olde legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 10 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea glabrilimba (Olde & Marriott) Olde legitimate

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