Summary
Grevillea polybotrya 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 egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and usually white to cream-coloured flowers.
| Grevillea polybotrya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. polybotrya
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea polybotrya | |
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Description edit
Greville polybotrya is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or oblong, 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long and 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) wide. The edges of the leaves are thickened, both surfaces similar and more or less glabrous. The flowers are borne on panicles held above the rest of the foliage, the panicles with 10 to 20 cylindrical branches 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long. The flowers are pinkish-cream in the bud stage, later white to cream-coloured and have a caramel-like scent, the pistil 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from September to December and the fruit is an oval follicle 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy edit
Grevillea polybotrya 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 (polybotrya) means "many bunches of grapes", referring to the inflorescences.[6]
Distribution and habitat edit
This grevillea grows in heath on sandy soil from Geraldton to the Moore River and inland to Manmanning and Dalwallinu in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status edit
Grevillea polybractea is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Grevillea polybotrya". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Grevillea polybotrya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Grevillea polybotrya". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea polybotrya". APNI. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1856). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 14. Hamburg. p. 386. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 281. ISBN 9780958034180.