Grevillea tetrapleura explained

Grevillea tetrapleura is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southern inland Western Australia. It is a low, dense, spreading shrub with rigid, sharply pointed linear leaves, and loose clusters of pinkish-red flowers.

Description

Grevillea tetrapleura is a low, dense, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are linear, long, wide, rigid and sharply pointed. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, enclosing the lower surface apart from the midvein and there are 4 longitudinal ridges on the upper surface. The flowers are borne in leaf axils in loose clusters of up to 4 on a rachis long. The flowers are pinkish-red, the pistil long. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is an elliptic to oval follicle long.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

Grevillea tetrapleura was first formally described by the botanist Donald McGillivray in 1986 his book, New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae), from specimens he collected with Alex George near Yellowdine in 1976.[3] The specific epithet (tetrapleura) means "four-ribbed".[4]

Distribution

This grevillea grows in sandy soil over granite and near granite outcrops between Yellowdine, Bullfinch and Mount Jackson in the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie bioregions of southern inland Western Australia.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grevillea tetrapleura . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 21 March 2023.
  2. Book: Wrigley . John W. . Fagg . Murray A. . Banksias, waratahs & grevilleas : and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family . 1991 . Angus & Robertson . North Ryde, NSW, Australia . 0207172773 . 340.
  3. Web site: Grevillea tetrapleura. APNI. 21 March 2023.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 323 . 3rd.