Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1848), Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(2-3): 253 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond. coll. II. No. 267."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 68 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 160 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 452 [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: 228-229 (map, fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: varied-leaf grevillea [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the genus Cirsium, a thistle, and Latin, folium, a leaf; from the supposed resemblance of some leaves to this genus."

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 19, 67, Fig. 165 [secondary reference]

common name: Varied-leaf Grevillea [n/a]

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 102, 411 [secondary reference]

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 91-93 (Plate 73, fig., map) [secondary reference]

common name: Varied-leaf Grevillea [n/a]

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 351, Map 339 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 827 [secondary reference]

common name: Varied-leaf Grevillea [n/a]

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: 78 [basionym]

basionym of: Hakea cirsiifolia (Meisn.) Christenh. & Byng legitimate

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