Grevillea pinifolia

Grevillea pinifolia, commonly known as the pine-leaved grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, mounded shrub with linear, more or less cylindrical leaves and red to orange-red flowers.

Grevillea pinifolia

Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. pinifolia
Binomial name
Grevillea pinifolia

Description

Greville pinifolia is a low, mounded shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in) and has many branches. Its leaves are linear, more or less cylindrical, 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long and 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) wide. The edges of the leaves are rolled under to the mid-vein with two longitudinal grooves either side. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to 4 in leaf axils, on a woolly-hairy rachis 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) long and are red to orange-red and shaggy- to silky-hairy, the pistil 7.5–8.5 mm (0.30–0.33 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is an oval follicle about 10 mm (0.39 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea pinifolia was first formally described in 1856 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony by James Drummond.[4][5] The specific epithet (pinifolia) means "pine-leaved".[6]

Distribution and habitat

Pine-leaved grevillea grows in shrubland and is restricted to a small area between Eneabba and Bindi Bindi in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]

Conservation status

This grevillea is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Grevillea pinifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "Grevillea pinifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Grevillea pinifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. "Grevillea pinifolia". APNI. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1856). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 14. Hamburg. p. 350. Retrieved 22 August 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 278. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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