Grevillea dolichopoda
Grevillea dolichopoda is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying shrub with linear to more or less cylindrical leaves and groups up to four red and orange flowers with a red, green-tipped style.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Grevillea |
Species: | G. dolichopoda |
Binomial name | |
Grevillea dolichopoda | |
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Description
Grevillea dolichopoda is a low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in). Its leaves are linear to more or less cylindrical, 25–70 mm (0.98–2.76 in) long and 1–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide with the edges rolled under, enclosing the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to four, 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long on a hairy rachis about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are red and orange with a green-tipped, red style, the pistil 23–24 mm (0.91–0.94 in) long. Flowering occurs from April to November and the fruit is a oval follicle about 12 mm (0.47 in) long with a few shaggy hairs.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
This grevillea was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray who gave it the name Grevillea disjuncta subsp. dolichopoda in his book New names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) from specimens collected near Ongerup in 1976.[5] In 1993 Peter M. Olde and Neil R. Marriott raised the subspecies to species status as Grevillea dolichopoda.[3][6] The specific epithet (dolichopoda) means "long foot".[7]
Distribution and habitat
Grevillea dolichopoda grows in heath or mallee shrubland from Nyabing to the Gairdner River, between Varley and Ravensthorpe, and from East Mount Barren to the lower Hamersley River in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- "Grevillea dolichopoda". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Grevillea dolichopoda". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- Olde, Peter M.; Marriott, Neil R. (1993). "New species and taxonomic changes in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) from south-west Western Australia". Nuytsia. 9 (2): 291–293. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Grevillea dolichopoda". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Grevillea disjuncta subsp. dolichopoda". APNI. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Grevillea dolichopoda". APNI. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780958034180.