Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 458 [autonym]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 317 (fig., map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Grevillea heterophylla A.Cunn. ex R.Br. legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin refractus, bent or curved back abruptly. In his original Latin description Robert Brown described the raceme as refractis divisis, meaning that it was bent downwards and branched.'

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea refracta R.Br. subsp. refracta legitimate

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