Grevillea steiglitziana
| Brisbane Ranges grevillea | |
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| Grevillea steiglitziana in the Brisbane Ranges National Park. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. steiglitziana
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea steiglitziana | |
Grevillea steiglitziana, also known as Brisbane Range grevillea, Brisbane Ranges grevillea or Steiglitz Grevillea,[1] is a spreading shrub which is endemic to Victoria, Australia.
Description
It typically grows a height of 0.7 to 2 m (2 ft 4 in to 6 ft 7 in) and has a spreading habit. It has deep green lobed leaves that resemble holly leaves with the same prickly margins.[2] The flowers, which are greenish-brown with red styles, appear between September and January (early spring to mid summer) in its native range.
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Norman Wakefield in as a part of the work Flora of Victoria: New species and other additions that was published in Victorian Naturalist in 1956.[1]
Distribution
Grevillea steiglitziana occurs in dry sclerophyll forest in the Brisbane Ranges. It is named after the town of Steiglitz, Victoria. At Brisbane Ranges National Park west of Melbourne, which was invaded by Phytophthora cinnamomi in the 1970s, Grevillea steiglitziana (along with such species as Banksia marginata) was part of a secondary regrowth of understory species after more resistant shrubs such as grasses and sedges had grown back.[3]
The species is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Grevillea steiglitziana N.A.Wakef. Brisbane Range Grevillea". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea steiglitziana (Brisbane Ranges Grevillea)". OzNativePlants. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Weste, Gretna; Ashton, David H. (1994). "Regeneration and Survival of Indigenous Dry Sclerophyll Species in the Brisbane Ranges, Victoria, after a Phytophthora cinnamomi Epidemic". Australian Journal of Botany. 42 (6): 239–53. doi:10.1071/BT9940239.
- ^ "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2005" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "Grevillea steiglitziana". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
External links
- "Grevillea steiglitziana Wakef". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.