Grevillea floripendula

Ben Major grevillea
	Grevillea floripendula; Ben Major Conservation Park
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. floripendula
Binomial name
	Grevillea floripendula;
Synonyms
	Grevillea 'Ben Major'

Grevillea floripendula, also known as Ben Major grevillea, is a prostrate or spreading shrub which is endemic to a small area in central western Victoria in Australia. It grows up to 1 metre in height and 3 metres in width. The inflorescence is suspended on a long, thin peduncle. The individual flowers are green-grey to purplish-brown and appear between October and December (mid spring to early summer) in the species' native range.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

The species was first formally described by botanist in Muelleria in 1981. Two forms of this species have been identified:

Ben Major form
Musical Gully form^[1]

Distribution[]

Grevillea floripendula occurs in dry sclerophyll forest within a localised area to the north of Beaufort between Waterloo and .

Conservation status[]

In 1997 about 4000 plants remained in its native range, in 21 separate populations.^[2] The species is listed as "Vulnerable" under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, "threatened" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and "Vulnerable" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Grevillea floripendula". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
^ Carter, Oberon; Anna H. Murphy & Judy Downe (November 2006). "National Recovery Plan for the Ben Major Grevillea Grevillea floripendula" (PDF). Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).
^ "Threatened List October 2010". Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. Department of Sustainability and Environment. Archived from the original on 2005-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
^ "Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014" (PDF). The State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^ "Action Statement - Ben Major Grevillea - Grevillea floripendula" (PDF). Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

External links[]

"Grevillea floripendula R.V.Smith". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

[FOA-1] "Grevillea floripendula". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.

[Carter-2] Carter, Oberon; Anna H. Murphy & Judy Downe (November 2006). "National Recovery Plan for the Ben Major Grevillea Grevillea floripendula" (PDF). Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).

[TL-3] "Threatened List October 2010". Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. Department of Sustainability and Environment. Archived from the original on 2005-07-18. Retrieved 2010-11-09.

[DSE-4] "Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014" (PDF). The State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[action-5] "Action Statement - Ben Major Grevillea - Grevillea floripendula" (PDF). Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

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