Grevillea coccinea

Last updated

Grevillea coccinea
Grevillea coccinea.jpg
Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC) [2] (Subsp. lanata)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. coccinea
Binomial name
Grevillea coccinea
Subspecies
  • Grevillea coccinea subsp. coccineaMeisn
  • Grevillea coccinea subsp. lanataOlde & Marriott

Grevillea coccinea is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a low-lying or sprawling shrub with narrowly wedge-shaped to linear leaves and white, cream-coloured, and red or yellow flowers.

Contents

Description

Grevillea coccinea is a low-lying or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.7–3 m (2 ft 4 in – 9 ft 10 in). Its leaves are narrowly wedge-shaped to linear, 25–125 mm (0.98–4.92 in) long and 1.0–4.5 mm (0.039–0.177 in) wide. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, obscuring all but the lower mid-vein, and the tips are usually sharply-pointed. The flowers are arranged in groups in leaf axils on a rachis 25–65 mm (0.98–2.56 in) long and are white, cream-coloured, and red or yellow, the pistil 19–23.5 mm (0.75–0.93 in) long with a glabrous style. Flowering occurs from March to December and the fruit is a silky-hairy follicle 10.5–16 mm (0.41–0.63 in) long. [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Grevillea coccinea was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany . [6] [7] The specific epithet (coccinea) means "scarlet". [8]

In 1993, Peter M. Olde and Neil R. Marriott described two subspecies in the journal Nuytsia and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:


Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in shrub or heath and is found in southern Western Australia from Mount Manypeaks to near Hopetoun in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of Western Australia. Subspecies lanata is confined to the Fitzgerald River National Park. [4] [5] [10] [12]

Conservation status

This grevillea is listed as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [1] [4]

Subspecies lanata is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [13]

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Grevillea petrophiloides</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea petrophiloides, commonly known as pink pokers, rock grevillea or poker grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with divided leaves, the lobes mostly linear, and cylindrical clusters of usually pink to reddish pink and bluish-grey flowers.

<i>Grevillea preissii</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a mounded to spreading or dense, erect shrub, the leaves divided with 5 to 7 linear to more or less cylindrical lobes, and groups of reddish flowers arranged along one side of the flowering rachis.

<i>Grevillea thyrsoides</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea thyrsoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading or low-lying shrub, with pinnatisect to comb-like leaves, the end lobes linear, and clusters of hairy pinkish-red flowers.

<i>Grevillea curviloba</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea curviloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect shrub with short branchlets, divided leaves with linear to narrowly lance-shaped lobes with the narrower end towards the base, and white to cream-coloured flowers.

<i>Grevillea pilosa</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with wedge-shaped to oblong leaves with sharply pointed, more or less triangular teeth or lobes, and clusters of pale pink to rose-pink or red flowers.

<i>Grevillea agrifolia</i> Species of plant in the family Proteaceae

Grevillea agrifolia, the blue grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is native to the north of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory. It is a shrub or tree with narrowly oblong leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and creamy-yellow flowers.

<i>Grevillea biformis</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea biformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and cylindrical clusters of creamy white or pale pink flowers.

<i>Grevillea plurijuga</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea plurijuga is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying or dense mounded to erect shrub with divided leaves with linear lobes and loose clusters of hairy, red or pink flowers.

<i>Grevillea dryandroides</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia

Grevillea dryandroides, commonly known as phalanx grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. A diffuse, clumping shrub, it often forms suckers and has divided leaves with up to 35 pairs of leaflets, and groups of red to pinkish flowers on an unusually long, trailing peduncle.

<i>Grevillea althoferorum</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea althoferorum, commonly known as the split-leaved grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It is a compact, rounded shrub with sharply-pointed, deeply lobed leaves and dull yellow flowers with a creamy-yellow style.

<i>Grevillea insignis</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea insignis, commonly known as wax grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with more or less oblong leaves with seven to seventeen sharply-pointed, triangular teeth, and more or less spherical or cylindrical clusters of cream-coloured flowers ageing to pink.

<i>Grevillea brachystylis</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea brachystylis, also known as short-styled grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to erect shrub with linear to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrow end towards the base, and wheel-like clusters of hairy red flowers.

<i>Grevillea bracteosa</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea bracteosa, also known as bracted grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub usually with linear leaves, and oval to more or less spherical clusters of glabrous pale green to greenish-pink flowers with a pink or white style.

<i>Grevillea amplexans</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to the Mid West region of Western Australia

Grevillea amplexans is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with arching branches, stem-clasping, sharply-pointed, lobed or toothed leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers.

<i>Grevillea haplantha</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea haplantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, rounded shrub with linear leaves and clusters of pink to red flowers with white or brown hairs, depending on subspecies.

<i>Grevillea obliquistigma</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea obliquistigma is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with linear leaves, and conical to cylindrical clusters of creamy-white to yellowish cream-coloured flowers, sometimes tinged with pink.

<i>Grevillea papillosa</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea papillosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the South West region of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic to linear, as well as deeply divided leaves, and pink-tinged, white flowers with a reddish-pink style.

<i>Grevillea patentiloba</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea patentiloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect, spreading to straggling shrub with divided leaves, and down-turned clusters of red to deep pink and cream-coloured to bright yellow flowers with a red to deep pink style.

<i>Grevillea shuttleworthiana</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea shuttleworthiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a more or less erect shrub with variably-shaped leaves, the shape depending on subspecies, and cylindrical clusters of cream-coloured to yellow or greenish flowers, often held above the foliage.

<i>Grevillea neorigida</i> Species of plant in the Proteaceae family

Grevillea neorigida is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is compact, spreading shrub with deeply-divided leaves, the end lobes linear and somewhat sharply-pointed, and clusters of creamy-brown to off-white flowers with a scarlet or orange-red style.

References

  1. 1 2 Keighery, G.; Olde, P. (2020). "Grevillea coccinea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T112650591A113307806. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112650591A113307806.en . Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Grevillea coccinea subsp. coccinea". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Grevillea coccinea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Grevillea coccinea". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. 1 2 "Grevillea coccinea". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. "Grevillea coccinea". APNI. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. Meissner, Carl (1855). "New Proteaceae of Australia". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 7: 76. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 166. ISBN   9780958034180.
  9. "Grevillea coccinea subsp. coccinea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. 1 2 Olde, Peter M.; Marriott, Neil R. (1993). "New species and taxonomic changes in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) from south-west Western Australia". Nuytsia. 9 (2): 276–277. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  11. "Grevillea coccinea subsp. lanata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Grevillea coccinea subsp. lanata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  13. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 1 March 2022.