Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea obtusiflora R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (1830), Proteaceas Novas. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae: 19 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Ora oreint., mont. Port Jackson, 1822. D. Cunningham."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 68 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 161 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 190-191 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 179 [secondary reference]
Fairley, A. & Moore, P. (1989), Native Plants of the Sydney District: 168, t. 555 [secondary reference]
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 45 [secondary reference]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 264-266 [secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 59-60 (Plate 42, fig., map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet alludes to the shape of the perianth limb and is derived from the Latin obtusus (blunt, obtuse) and flos ( a flower)."
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 9 [secondary reference]
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Appendix: Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 503 APC [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: '... mont. Port Jackson, 1822, D.Cunningham' [protologue]; lecto (here chosen); Brushy Hills north of Bathurst, N.S.W., [Dec.] 1822, [A.]Cunningham 197; lecto: BM; isolecto: K
  • APC Dist.: NSW
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 292 [secondary reference]
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 290 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Grevillea kedumbensis (McGill.) Olde & Marriott legitimate by Fairley, A. & Moore, P. (1989), Native Plants of the Sydney District: 168, t. 555
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 47 [secondary reference]