Grevillea prasina
| Grevillea prasina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. prasina
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea prasina | |
Grevillea prasina is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-western Australia. It is a spreading or straggly shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with coarsely-toothed edges, and dense, cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers, the style pale green to white.
Description
[edit]Grevillea prasina is a spreading or straggly shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–4.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 14 ft 9 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped or elliptic in outline, 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long and 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) wide with 5 to 11 evenly-spaced teeth on the edges, both surfaces more or less glabrous and bright yellowish-green. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches or in leaf axils in dense, sometimes branched clusters, each cluster oval to short-cylindrical on a rachis 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long. The flowers are fragrant, cream-coloured at first, later pale yellow and the style is green to white with a green tip, the pistil 18.5–22 mm (0.73–0.87 in) long. Flowering occurs from March to October and the fruit is glabrous, elliptic follicle 8.5–16 mm (0.33–0.63 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Grevillea prasina was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) from specimens collected by Rayden Alfred Perryon "39 mi (63 km) W/N.W. of Wave Hill Police Station" in 1949.[4] The specific epithet (prasina) means "leek green".[5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This grevillea grows in open woodland or shrubland between the Pentecost River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia to Port Keats in the Northern Territory, with a few scattered populations as far east as the Gulf of Carpentaria.[2][3][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Grevillea prasina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea prasina". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea prasina". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Grevillea prasina". APNI. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Grevillea prasina". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 28 August 2022.