Grevillea longistyla explained

Grevillea longistyla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland in Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves with linear lobes or simple, linear leaves, and groups of red to orange-red or bright pink flowers.

Description

Grevillea longistyla is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. Its leaves are long and either simple, or divided with two to six lobes, the leaves or lobes wide but not sharply-pointed. The edges of the leaves are turned down or rolled under. The flowers are arranged in sometimes branched groups on a rachis usually long and are red to orange-red or bright pink, the pistil usually long. Flowering occurs in most months, peaking from August to November, and the fruit is an oblong follicle long with a rough surface.[1]

Taxonomy

Grevillea longistyla was first formally described in 1848 by William Jackson Hooker in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.[2] [3] The specific epithet (longistyla) means "having a long style".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea usually grows in woodland or forest and is found between Chinchilla, Gurulmundi and the Blackdown Tableland National Park in central and south-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

Grevillea longistyla is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grevillea longistyla . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 23 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Grevillea longistyla. APNI. 23 June 2022.
  3. Book: Bentham . George . Mitchell . Thomas . Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia . 1848 . 343 . 23 June 2022.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 243 . 3rd.
  5. Web site: Species profile—Grevillea longistyla . Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science . 23 June 2022.