Grevillea quinquenervis

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Grevillea quinquenervis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. quinquenervis
Binomial name
Grevillea quinquenervis
J.M.Black

Grevillea quinquenervis, also known as the five-nerved grevillea, is a shrub of the genus Grevillea native to a small area on the western end of Kangaroo Island in South Australia.

The erect dense shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 1.5 metres (3.3 to 4.9 ft) and has angular and ridged branchlets. It has sublinear to oblong-elliptic or narrowly obovate leaves with a blade that is 15 to 60 millimetres (0.59 to 2.36 in) long and 1.5 to 8 mm (0.06 to 0.31 in) wide. [1]

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References

  1. "Grevillea quinquenervis J.M.Black, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Australia 33: 225, t. XIV p.p. (1909) Five-nerved Grevillea". Flora of Australia Online. Commonwealth of Australia. 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2016.