Grevillea obtusiflora

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Grevillea obtusiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. obtusiflora
Binomial name
Grevillea obtusiflora

Grevillea obtusiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area of eastern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading to erect shrub with many stems, narrowly elliptic to oblong or linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pinkish-red and cream-coloured flowers with a red style.

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Description

Grevillea obtusiflora is a spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) has many stems. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to oblong or linear to narrowly egg-shaped, mostly mostly 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long and 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) wide with the edges turned down or rolled under, sometimes covering the silky-hairy lower surface. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in sometimes branched clusters, each cluster with up to six flowers on a woolly-hairy rachis 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long. The flowers are pink to pinkish-red and cream-coloured with a red style, the pistil usually 18–23 mm (0.71–0.91 in) long. Flowering time varies with subspecies and the fruit is a narrowly elliptic follicle 11–13.5 mm (0.43–0.53 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea obtusiflora was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in his Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected by Allan Cunningham in the Blue Mountains in 1822. [4] [5] The specific epithet (obtusiflora) means "blunt-flowered". [6]

The names of two subspecies of G. obtusiflora have been accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

Subspecies fecunda grows in low, open forest near sandstone boulders in the catchment of the Capertee River at an altitude of about 570 m (1,870 ft) and subspecies obtusiflora is only known from a few collections near Clandulla where it is found in the understorey of forest. [9] [8] [12] [11]

Conservation status

Both subspecies of G. obtusiflora are listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 . [8] [11] The main threats to the subspecies include changes to natural fire regimes, roadside management activities, inappropriate land use and the small size of the populations of both subspecies. [13] A recovery plan has been prepared. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea obtusiflora". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora". APNI. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 19. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 263. ISBN   9780958034180.
  7. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. fecunda". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. fecunda". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. fecunda". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. 1 2 3 Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora - profile". New South Wales Government Offic of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Grevillea obtusiflora subsp. obtusiflora and subsp. fecunda Recovery Plan" (PDF). New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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