Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(48): 207 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad portum Gregorii in plagis arenosis. Oldfield."

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: 61 [secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J. (24 February 1986), New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae): 7 [basionym]

basionym of: Grevillea hakeoides subsp. commutata (F.Muell.) McGill. legitimate

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea hakeoides Meisn. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 255 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Grevillea hakeoides subsp. commutata (F.Muell.) McGill. legitimate

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 419 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Port Gregory, W.A., A.Oldfield; lecto: PERTH; isolecto: MEL.

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 94-95 (Plate 75, fig., map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea hakeoides subsp. commutata (F.Muell.) McGill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea pinnatisecta (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate

• Etymology: "the epithet, derived from the Latin commutare (to change, alter), may be a reference to the variable leaves which may be simple or divided."

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 177 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea hakeoides subsp. commutata (F.Muell.) McGill. legitimate

• 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 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Hakea geraldtonica Christenh. & M.W.Chase legitimate

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