Grevillea longifolia

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Proteaceae

Trees or shrubs . Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , simple or variously divided . Inflorescences axillary , ramiflorous , cauliflorous , or terminal , simple or rarely compound , with flowers borne laterally either in pairs or sometimes singly, racemose, sometimes spicate , paniculate , or condensed into a head ; bracts subtending flower pairs usually small, sometimes accrescent and woody; floral bracts usually minute or absent. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual and dioecious, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Perianth segments (3 or) 4(or 5), valvate , usually tubular in bud; limb short, variously split at anthesis . Stamens 4, opposite perianth segments; filaments usually adnate to perianth and not distinct ; anthers basifixed , usually 2-loculed, longitudinally dehiscent , connective often prolonged. Hypogynous glands 4 (or 1-3 or absent), free or variously connate . Ovary superior, 1-loculed, sessile or stipitate ; ovules 1 or 2(or more), pendulous, laterally or basally, rarely subapically attached. Style terminal, simple, often apically clavate ; stigma terminal or lateral , mostly small. Fruit a follicle, achene, or drupe or drupaceous . Seeds 1 or 2(or few to many), sometimes winged ; endosperm absent (or vestigial) ; embryo usually straight; cotyledons thin or thick and fleshy ; radicle short, inferior.

About 80 genera and ca. 1700 species: mostly in tropics and subtropics, especially in S Africa and Australia: three genera (one introduced ) and 25 species (12 endemic, two introduced) in China.

The family is subdivided into Bellendenoideae, Caranarvonioideae, Eidotheoideae, Grevilleoideae, Persoonioideae, Proteoideae, and Sphalmioideae; all Chinese genera belong to Grevilleoideae. Grevillea robusta is grown extensively as a street tree in S China, especially in Yunnan.[1]

Genus Grevillea

Shrubs , rarely trees . Leaves of various shapes , simple or pinnate. Flowers usually in terminal racemes ; bracts minute and caducous . Calyx tube mostly recurved. Disc obliq. e, annular or semi-annular, entire or sometimes nearly lobed . Ovary usually stipitate ; ovules 2. Fruit a follicle; valves plano-concave, coriaceous to somewhat woody. Seeds winged or not.

A genus of about 170 species, mostly Australian , of which one is extensively cultivated in Pakistan.[2]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

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Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : R.Br.

Publication : Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae - Suppl. 1 1830

Similar Species

Members of the genus Grevillea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 111 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

G. acanthifolia (Grevillea) · G. alpina (Cats Claws) · G. aquifolium (Holly Grevillea) · G. argyrophylla (Silvery-Leafed Grevillea) · G. aspleniifolia (Fern-Leaf Grevillea) · G. asteriscosa (Star-Leaf Grevillea) · G. australis (Alpine Grevillea) · G. baileyana (Brown Silky Oak) · G. banksii (Banks Grevillea) · G. baueri (Bauers Grevillea) · G. beadleana (Grevillea) · G. bipinnatifida (Fuchsia Grevillea) · G. brachystylis (Short-Styled Grevillea) · G. bronwenae (Grevillea) · G. buxifolia (Gray Spider Flower) · G. caleyii (Caleys Grevillea) · G. chrysophaea (Golden Grevillea) · G. coccinea (Scarlet Grevillea) · G. confertifolia (Dense-Leaf Grevillea) · G. crithmifolia (Grevillea) · G. curviloba (Curved-Leaf Grevillea) · G. decora (Burra Range Grevillea) · G. dielsiana (Grevillea) · G. dimorpha (Flame Grevillea) · G. dryandri (Dryanders Grevillea) · G. dryophylla (Goldfields Grevillea) · G. erectiloba (Grevillea) · G. eriostachya (Desert Grevillea) · G. floribunda (Rusty Spider Flower) · G. gillivrayi (Grevillea) · G. glauca (Bushmens Clothes Pegs) · G. heliosperma (Red Grevillea) · G. hilliana (White Silky Oak) · G. huegelii (Comb Grevillea) · G. ilicifolia (Holly Grevillea) · G. jephcottii (Green Grevillea) · G. johnsonii (Grevillea) · G. juncifolia (Honeysuckle Spider Flower) · G. juniperina (Juniper-Leaf Grevillea) · G. juniperina 'Molonglo' (Juniper-Leaf Grevillea) · G. lanigera (Spider Flower) · G. lanigera 'Coastal Gem' (Spider Flower) · G. lanigera 'Mt. Tamboritha' (Mt. Tamboritha Woolly Grevillea) · G. laurifolia (Laurel-Leaf Grevillea) · G. lavandulacea 'Penola' (Lavender Grevillea) · G. leucoclada (Grevillea) · G. leucopteris (White Plume Grevillea) · G. linearifolia (White Spider-Flower) · G. longifolia (Fern-Leaf Grevillea) · G. longistyla (Grevillea) · G. manglesii (Smooth Grevillea) · G. miqueliana (Oval-Leaf Grevillea) · G. neurophylla (Grevillea) · G. nudiflora (Trailing Grevillea) · G. obliquistigma (Grevillea) · G. oleoides (Grevillea) · G. olivacea (Olive Grevillea) · G. paniculata (Grevillea) · G. paradoxa (Bottlebrush Grevillea) · G. parallela (Silver Oak) · G. petrophiloides (Pink Pokers Grevillea) · G. pinaster (Grevillea) · G. plurijuga (Red Plume Grevillea) · G. polybotrya (Caramel Grevillea) · G. pteridifolia (Fern-Leaf Grevillea) · G. pterosperma (Desert Spider Flower) · G. pyramidalis (Caustictree) · G. quercifolia (Oak-Leaf Grevillea) · G. rivularis (Carrington Falls Grevillea) · G. robusta (Silk Oak) · G. rogersii (Grevillea) · G. rosmarinifolia (Rosemary Grevillea) · G. scapigera (Corrigin Grevillea) · G. sericea (Pink Spider Flower) · G. shiressii (Mullet Creek Grevillea) · G. spinosa (Spiny Grevillea) · G. steiglitziana (Brisbane Ranges Grevillea) · G. stenobotrya (Rattle-Pod Grevillea) · G. striata (Beefwood) · G. superba (Grevillea) · G. synapheae (Catkin Grevillea) · G. synapheae var. latiloba (Catkin Grevillea) · G. tetragonoloba (Grevillea) · G. thelemanniana (Spider Grevillea) · G. treuriana (Grevillea) · G. triloba (Grevillea) · G. tripartita (Grevillea) · G. venusta (Byfield Spider Flower) · G. victoriae (Royal Grevillea) · G. victoriae var. leptoneura (Royal Grevillea) · G. victoriae 'Marshall' (Royal Grevillea) · G. victoriae 'Marshall's Seedling' (Royal Grevillea) · G. victoriae 'Murray Valley Queen' (Royal Grevillea) · G. wickhamii (Wickhams Grevillea) · G. wilsonii (Wilsons Grevillea) · G. x gaudichaudii (Grevillea) · G. x semperflorens (Grevillea) · G. x 'Canberra Gem' (Canberra Gem Grevillea) · G. x 'Noell' (Noell Grevillea) · G. 'Canberra Gem' (Grevillea)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 473.
• Cultivated plants, their propagation and improvement. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood & Sons, 1877. url p. 457.
• Curtis's botanical magazine. 115 1889 London; New York [etc.]: Academic Press [etc.] url .
• Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United by L. H. Bailey. .. assisted by William Miller. .. and many expert cultivators and botanists. London: The Macmillan company, 1909. url p. 698.
• Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions. Reduced from the original folio ed. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. url , p. 301.
• Journal of botany, British and foreign. 3 1865 London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 57.
• Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 84.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 10, p. 11, p. 6, p. 8.
• The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 18, p. 383.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 232, p. 408, p. 466, p. 596.
• The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette. London: published for the proprietors, 1844-1873. url p. 1207.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 146, p. 174, p. 181, p. 19, p. 211, p. 47, p. 9.
• The amateur's greenhouse and conservatory: a handy guide to the construction and management of planthouses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants / by Shirley Hibberd; illustrated with coloured plants and wood engravings. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1873. url p. 248.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3478062
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13850699
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:703899-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 703899-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 955500

Footnotes

1. Huaxing Qiu & Peter H. Weston "Proteaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 192. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Grevillea". in Flora of Pakistan Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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