Gardner, C.A. (1964), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XIII. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 47(2): 55 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. in distr. Austin, Pindar 32 km. septentrionalem versus juxta confragosos lateritos, fl. m. Januario. F. Lullfitz n. 2241 (TYPUS)."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 61 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 252-253 (map) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin, globosus, spherical; refers to the flowering racemes."

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 114, 135 [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 371-372 [secondary reference]

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 178-179 (Plate 146, fig., map) [secondary reference]

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 355, Fig. 39, Map 344 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

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: 82 [basionym]

basionym of: Hakea globosa (C.A.Gardner) Christenh. & Byng legitimate

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