Grevillea micrantha, also known as small-flower grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a spreading shrub with linear leaves and clusters of white to pale pink flowers.
| Grevillea micrantha | |
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| In the Brisbane Ranges | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. micrantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea micrantha | |
Description
editGrevillea micrantha is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in) and often forms root suckers. The leaves are linear to narrowly elliptic, 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) long and 0.6–1 mm (0.024–0.039 in) wide with the edges rolled under, usually obscuring the lower surface. The flowers are usually arranged on the ends of branches in umbel-like clusters of about 6 to 14 about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. The flowers are white to pale pink, the pistil 5.0–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is an oval follicle 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long.[3][4]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea micrantha was first formally described in 1854 by Carl Meissner in Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde.[5][6] The specific epithet (micrantha) means "small-flowered".[7]
Distribution and habitat
editSmall-flower grevillea grows in poor, stony soils in woodland in south-western Victoria in scattered populations in the area between the Brisbane Ranges, Wedderburn and Portland.[3][4]
Conservation status
editThis grevillea is listed as "critically endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988[8] and as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Grevillea micrantha". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria (PDF). Melbourne: The State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries. 2014. p. 26. ISBN 9781741463132. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea micrantha". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea micrantha". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea micrantha". APNI. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Meissner, Carl (1854). "Plantae Muellerianae: Proteaceae". Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. 26: 358. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Grevillea micrantha". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 30 December 2023.