Grevillea floribunda

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Seven dwarfs grevillea
Grevillea floribunda.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. floribunda
Binomial name
Grevillea floribunda
R.Br.[1]
Habit in the Pilliga Scrub

Grevillea floribunda, commonly known as seven dwarfs grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and groups of six to twenty flowers covered with rusty brown hairs.

Description[]

Grevillea floribunda is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.8 m (1 ft 4 in – 5 ft 11 in). Its leaves are oblong to egg-shaped, mostly 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long and 2–20 mm (0.079–0.787 in) wide and softly-hairy on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of six to twenty, usually at the end of branches, the perianth is greenish and covered with woolly, rusty-brown hairs and the pistil is 9.0–19.5 mm (0.35–0.77 in) long. The ovary is sessile and the style is reddish. Flowering occurs in all months with a peak in spring and the fruit is a hairy follicle 10.5–17 mm (0.41–0.67 in) long.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy[]

Grevillea floribunda was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in his Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae.[6][7] The specific epithet means "profusely flowering".[8]

In 1994, and described two subspecies of G. floribunda and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

  • Grevillea floribunda R.Br. subsp. floribunda[9][10]
  • Grevillea floribunda subsp. tenella Olde & Marriott[11][12]

Distribution and habitat[]

Seven dwarfs grevillea grows in forest and woodland and is widespread on the tablelands and western slopes of New South Wales and in south-eastern Queensland.[2][13] There is a single doubtful record from the Killawarra Forest in Victoria.[3] Subspecies tenella is restricted to the Darling Downs region of Queensland.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Grevillea floribunda". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Makinson, Bob. "Grevillea floribunda". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Makinson, Bob. "Grevillea floribunda subsp. floribunda". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ Wood, Betty. "Grevillea floribunda subsp. floribunda". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Grevillea floribunda". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Persoonia floribunda". APNI. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  7. ^ Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae:. London. p. 19. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  8. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780958034180.
  9. ^ "Grevillea floribunda subsp. floribunda". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Grevillea floribunda subsp. floribunda". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Grevillea floribunda subsp. tenella". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Grevillea floribunda subsp. tenella". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Grevillea floribunda". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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