Grevillea minutiflora explained

Grevillea minutiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with many branches, tangled, divided leaves, the end lobes more or less linear, and cylindrical clusters of creamy-white flowers.

Description

Grevillea minutiflora is a dense shrub that typically grows to a height of and has many branches and tangled leaves. The leaves are long in outline, but divided with five lobes that are further divided, the end lobes more or less linear, long and wide. The flowers are arranged on the ends of the branches in more or less cylindrical clusters on a rachis long and are creamy-white, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from April to September, and the fruit is an oblong to elliptic follicle long.[1]

Taxonomy

Grevillea minutiflora was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) from specimens collected near Mukinbudin in 1976.[2] The specific epithet (minutiflora) means "very small-flowered".[3]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in shrubland and is restricted to the area around Mukinbudin in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion of inland south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Grevillea minutiflora is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grevillea minutiflora . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 10 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Grevillea minutiflora. APNI. 10 July 2022.
  3. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 253 . 3rd.
  4. Web site: Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna. Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. 10 July 2022.