Mueller, F.J.H. von (April 1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(5): 136 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad rivum Salt River."

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

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 60 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 196 (map), 205 (plate) [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Latin acerosus, needle-shaped; refers to terete, sharply pointed leaves."

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 308 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea umbellulata Meisn. legitimate

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1994), New names and combinations in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). The Grevillea Book 1: 184 [basionym]

basionym of: Grevillea umbellulata subsp. acerosa (F.Muell.) Olde & Marriott legitimate

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 212 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Grevillea umbellulata subsp. acerosa (F.Muell.) Olde & Marriott legitimate

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 333 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea umbellulata Meisn. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea umbellulata Meisn. legitimate

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