Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea asparagoides Meisn. , legitimate, scientific
Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 373 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In coloniĆ¢ Swan River (Drumm. coll. 4, n. 283 !)."
Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 439 [secondary reference]
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: 61 [secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 206 (plate), 207 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From the genus, Asparagus. Meissner considered that the foliage of this species resembled some species of Asparagus."
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 113, 135 [secondary reference]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 104-105, 405-406 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "(here designated): Drummond (Coll. 1848) n. 283! hb. Shuttleworth (NY>NR>Meisner Herb., pkt on sheet)."
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 39-40 (Plate 27, fig., map) [secondary reference]
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 106-107, Plate 11, Map 77 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea asparagoides Meisn. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 106 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea maxwellii McGill. legitimate