Grevillea adenotricha

Grevillea adenotricha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species: G.  adenotricha
Binomial name
Grevillea adenotricha
McGill.

Grevillea adenotricha is a shrub which is endemic to the north of Western Australia.

It has an erect habit, growing to a height of between 0.8 and 2 metres high with leaves which are 45 to 70 mm long and 15 to 25 mm wide. Red flowers generally appear between May and August in the species native range.[1]

The species was first formally described by Donald McGillivray in 1986 based on plant material collected from Manning Gorge in 1973.[2]

It occurs on sandstone outcrops.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Grevillea adenotricha". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ "Grevillea adenotricha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Grevillea adenotricha". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/20/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.