Grevillea cunninghamii

Grevillea cunninghamii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the north of Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves with sharply-pointed teeth on the edges, and clusters of red flowers.

Grevillea cunninghamii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. cunninghamii
Binomial name
Grevillea cunninghamii
Synonyms[1]

Grevillea carduifolia Benth.

Description

Grevillea cunninghamii is a prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.2–4 m (3 ft 11 in – 13 ft 1 in), its branchlets and leaves glabrous. The adult leaves are egg-shaped, 40–90 mm (1.6–3.5 in) long and 30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 in) wide with 13 to 21 spine-like, sharply-pointed teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in loose, more or less spherical clusters on a rachis 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long, the pistil 8.0–9.5 mm (0.31–0.37 in) long. The flowers are red and pale red to yellow with a red style. Flowering mostly occurs from May to September and the fruit is an oblong follicle 9.0–10.5 mm (0.35–0.41 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea cunninghamii was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in the Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected by Allan Cunningham in 1820.[4][5] The specific epithet (cunninghamii) honours the collector of the type specimens.[6]

Distribution and habitat

Grevillea cunninghamii usually grows in open scrub communities in near-coastal regions and off-shore islands between Cape Londonderry and King Sound in the Dampierland, Northern Kimberley and Victoria Bonaparte biogeographic regions of northern Western Australia.[2][3]

Conservation status

This grevillea is listed as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References
  1. "Grevillea cunninghamii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. "Grevillea cunninghamii". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "Grevillea cunninghamii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Grevillea cunninghamii". APNI. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 23. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780958034180.
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