Grevillea

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Grevillea

Grevillea is a diverse genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of about 360 species of evergreen

Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the protea family Proteaceae

Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
, native to Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, New Guinea

New Guinea

New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the List of islands by area, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded after the last glacial period....
, New Caledonia

New Caledonia

New Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the subregion of Melanesia in the Oceania. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands....
, and Sulawesi

Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands....
. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville

Charles Francis Greville

Charles Francis Greville Royal Society , a younger son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, was a British antiquarian and collector. Though he lived on a stringent income of ?500 a year, he managed to acquire antiquities from Gavin Hamilton in Rome and purchased through his uncle a genre piece by Annibale Carracci....
. The species range from prostrate shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s less than 0.5 m tall to tree

TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s 35 m tall. Common names include Grevillea, Spider Flower, Silky-oak and Toothbrush.

This list is incomplete; for a complete list, see Wikispecies:Grevillea.

There are over 350 species which are endemic

Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
to Australia, including the following: >Five species are endemic to areas outside Australia.

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Species

This list is incomplete; for a complete list, see Wikispecies:Grevillea.

There are over 350 species which are endemic

Endemic (ecology)

Grevillea acanthifolia
Grevillea acanthifolia

Grevillea acanthifolia is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia.It grows up to 3 metres in height and has divided leaves....
A.Cunn
Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
.
Grevillea alpina
Grevillea alpina

The Australian flowering shrub Grevillea alpina has several common names, including mountain grevillea, alpine grevillea, and cat's claws. It is not limited to Alpine climate, and in fact is less common at high elevation than low....
Lindl.
John Lindley

John Lindley was an England botanist and....
Grevillea annulifera
Grevillea annulifera

Grevillea annulifera, also known as Prickly Plume Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia. It grows to between 1 and 4 metres in height and produces white, cream or yellow flowers between June and October in its native range....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
Grevillea aquifolium
Grevillea aquifolium

Grevillea aquifolium or Holly Grevillea is a shrubby or scrambling plant endemic to South Australia and Victoria . In occurs naturally in woodland, open forest and heathland....
Lindl.
John Lindley

John Lindley was an England botanist and....
Grevillea arenaria
Grevillea arenaria

Grevillea arenaria is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of New South Wales in Australia. It has an erect to spreading habit and grows to between 1 and 3 metres in height....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea argyrophylla
Grevillea argyrophylla

Grevillea argyrophylla is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-western Western Australia.It usually grows to between 1 and 6 metres in height and has a peak flowering period between July and October in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea armigera
Grevillea armigera

Grevillea armigera, also known as Prickly Toothbrushes, is an erect shrub or tree which is Endemic to the south-west of Western Australia....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea asparagoides
Grevillea asparagoides

Grevillea asparagoides is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows up from 0.5 to 2 metres in height and produces bright red flowers between July and December in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea aspera R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea aspleniifolia
Grevillea aspleniifolia

Grevillea aspleniifolia is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. Its height ranges between 1 and 5 metres....
Knight
Grevillea australis R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea banksii
Grevillea banksii

Grevillea banksii, known by various common names including Red silky oak, Dwarf silky oak, Banks' grevillea, Byfield waratah and, in Hawaii, Kahili flower is a plant of the large genus Grevillea in the diverse family Proteaceae....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea barklyana
Grevillea barklyana

Grevillea barklyana, also known as Gully Grevillea or Large-leaf Grevillea, is a tree which is endemic to an area near Labertouche, Victoria in Australia....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
ex Benth.
George Bentham

George Bentham CMG, FRS was an England botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century"....
Grevillea baueri
Grevillea baueri

Grevillea baueri is a low-growing shrub which is endemic to the coastal ranges of south-eastern New South Wales in Australia. It usually grows up to 1 metre in height and 2 metres in width.Flowers are produced in late winter and spring....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea beadleana
Grevillea bedggoodiana
Grevillea bedggoodiana

Grevillea bedggoodiana is a shrub which is endemic to Victoria , Australia. It is closely related to Grevillea obtecta and Grevillea aquifolium....
J.H.Willis ex McGill.
Grevillea bipinnatifida
Grevillea bipinnatifida

Grevillea bipinnatifida, also known as Fuchsia Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea brachystylis Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea bracteosa Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea buxifolia
Grevillea buxifolia

Grevillea buxifolia is a species of the family Proteaceae. It grows in coastal New South Wales, Australia. First described in 1793 by James Edward Smith, he gave the new species the name 'Embothrium buxifolium'....
(Sm.
James Edward Smith

Sir James Edward Smith was an England botany and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant....
) R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea bronwenae
Grevillea bronwenae

Grevillea bronwenae is a slender shrub that is endemism to the south-west of Western Australia.It grows to between 0.5 and 1.8 metres high and has linear to elliptic leaves with recurved margins that are 40 to 120 mm long and 2 to 10 mm in width....
Keighery
Grevillea caleyi
Grevillea caleyi

Grevillea caleyi, also known as Caley's Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to Australia. It grows up to 4 metres in height and flowers between August and December in its native range....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea candelabroides
Grevillea candelabroides

Grevillea candelabroides is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to sandy heathland between Geraldton, Western Australia and Shark Bay in Western Australia....
C.A.Gardner
Charles Gardner

Charles Austin Gardner was a Western Australian botanist.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England on 6 January 1896, he emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909....
Grevillea candicans
Grevillea candicans

Grevillea candicans is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It usually grows to between 1 and 5 metres in height and produces white or cream flowers between August and October in its native range....
C.A.Gardner
Charles Gardner

Charles Austin Gardner was a Western Australian botanist.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England on 6 January 1896, he emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909....
Grevillea celata
Grevillea celata

Grevillea celata is a shrub which is endemic to Victoria , Australia. It is closely related to Grevillea alpina and Grevillea chrysophaea....
Molyneux
Bill Molyneux

Bill Molyneux is an Australian horticulturist and author who has researched and developed many popular cultivars of Australian plants, including Banksia 'Birthday Candles', and Isopogon 'Woorikee 2000'....
Grevillea centristigma? (McGill
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....
.) Keighery
Grevillea chrysophaea
Grevillea chrysophaea

Grevillea chrysophaea, commonly known as Golden Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to Victoria in Australia....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
ex Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea concinna
Grevillea concinna

Grevillea concinna is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia. It grows up to 1.6 metres in height and has linear leaves.Flowers are produced most prolifically between September and December in its native range....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea confertifolia F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
Grevillea crithmifolia
Grevillea crithmifolia

Grevillea crithmifolia is a shrub which is endemic to the Southwest Australia region of Western Australia.It usually grows to between 0.6 and 2.5 metres in height and produces flowers between June and September in its native range.....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea corrugata
Grevillea corrugata

Grevillea corrugata is a shrub which is endemic to an area near Bindoon, Western Australia in the Southwest Australia of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.5 and 1.5 metres in height ....
Olde & Marriot
Grevillea curviloba
Grevillea curviloba

Grevillea curviloba is a prostrate to erect shrub which is endemic to Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. It grows up to 2.5 metres in height and has white or cream flowers which occur from late winter to mid spring ....
McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....
Grevillea depauperata R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea dielsiana
Grevillea dielsiana

Grevillea dielsiana is a spreading shrub endemic to the Geraldton area in Western Australia. Its height usually ranges between 0.6m and 2m. The flowers vary in colour with pink, red, orange and yellow forms being observed within their natural distribution....
C.A.Gardner
Charles Gardner

Charles Austin Gardner was a Western Australian botanist.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England on 6 January 1896, he emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909....
Grevillea didymobotrya
Grevillea didymobotrya

Grevillea didymobotrya is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-western Western Australia.It grows to between 1 and 3 metres in height and produces flowers between August and December in its native range.....
Meisn.
Grevillea dimidiata F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
Grevillea drummondii
Grevillea drummondii

Grevillea drummondii is a shrub which is endemic to the Southwest Australia region of Western Australia.It grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre in height and produces flowers between June and December in its native range....
(W.Fitzg.) McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....
Grevillea dryophylla
Grevillea dryophylla

Grevillea dryophylla, also known as Goldfields Grevillea, is a spreading shrub which is endemic to Victoria , Australia. It grows to between 0.3 and 1.5 metres in height ....
N.A.Wakef.
Grevillea endlicheriana
Grevillea endlicheriana

Grevillea endlicheriana, also known as Spindly Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 1 and 3 metres in height and produces white, pink or red flowers between July and November in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea erectiloba
Grevillea erectiloba

Grevillea erectiloba is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia. It usually grows to a height of between 1 and 3 metres and produces red flowers between September and October in its native range....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
Grevillea eriostachya Lindl.
John Lindley

John Lindley was an England botanist and....
Grevillea excelsior
Grevillea excelsior

Grevillea excelsior, commonly known as Flame Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to Western Australia. It usually grows to a height of between 1 and 3 metres and produces yellow or orange flowers between July and January in its native range....
Diels
Ludwig Diels

Dr. Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels , was a German botanist.Diels was born in Hamburg, the son of the classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels. From 1900 to 1902 he traveled together with Ernst Pritzel through South Africa, Java, Australia and New Zealand....
Grevillea fasciculata R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea fililoba
Grevillea fililoba

Grevillea fililoba is a small shrub which is Endemic to Western Australia. The species occurs in a restricted area near Geraldton, Western Australia on sandy soils and lateritic gravel....
(McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....
) Olde & Marriot
Grevillea flexuosa
Grevillea flexuosa

Grevillea flexuosa, commonly known as Zigzag Grevillea or Tangled Grevillea, is an endangered species shrub endemic to Western Australia....
(Lindl.
John Lindley

John Lindley was an England botanist and....
) Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea floribunda R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea floripendula
Grevillea floripendula

Grevillea floripendula, also known as Ben Major Grevillea, is a prostrate or spreading shrub which is endemic to a small area in central western Victoria, Australia in Australia....
R.V.Sm.
Raymond Smith

Raymond Smith may refer to:* Raymond J. Smith, editor* Raymond W. Smith, businessmanSee also*Ray Smith ...
Grevillea georgeana
Grevillea georgeana

Grevillea georgeana is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia, occuring in ranges between Koolyanobbing, Western Australia and Diemals, Western Australia....
McGill.
Grevillea glabrata (Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
) McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....
Grevillea gordoniana C.A.Gardner
Charles Gardner

Charles Austin Gardner was a Western Australian botanist.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, England on 6 January 1896, he emigrated to Western Australia with his family in 1909....
Grevillea heliosperma R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea hilliana
Grevillea hilliana

Grevillea hilliana , is a tree which is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. Other common names include Grey Oak, Silky Oak, Yiel Yiel, Yill Gill and Hill's Silky Oak....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
Grevillea hookeriana
Grevillea hookeriana

Grevillea hookeriana is a shrub species in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the Southwest Australia region of Western Australia.It usually grows to between 0.5 and 2.5 metres in height and 4 metres wide.....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea huegelii Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea humifusa
Grevillea humifusa

Grevillea humifusa, also known as Spreading Grevillea, is a prostrate shrub found only in a localised area in Western Australia and is considered critically endangered in the wild....
Olde & Marriott
Marriott

Marriott may refer to:Corporations:* Marriott International, international hotel company* Marriott Corp. , originally known as Hot Shoppes, Inc....
Grevillea ilicifolia (R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
) R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
Grevillea infecunda
Grevillea infecunda

Grevillea infecunda is a root-suckering shrub which is endemic to Victoria , Australia. It grows to 0.3 to 1.2 metres in height. The flowers are yellowish-green, ageing to orange-red....
McGill.
Grevillea intricata
Grevillea intricata

Grevillea intricata is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows up to 3 metres in height and produces flowers between May and October in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....
Grevillea involucrata
Grevillea involucrata

Grevillea involucrata, also known as Lake Varley Grevillea, is a low-growing shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia....
A.S.George
Grevillea johnsonii McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....

Grevillea juniperina

Grevillea juniperina, commonly known as Juniper Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland in Australia....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea lanigera

Grevillea lanigera, commonly known as Woolly Grevillea, is a small shrub which is Endemic to Victoria and New South Wales in Australia....
A.Cunn
Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
. ex R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea laurifolia Sieber ex Spreng.
Kurt Sprengel

Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel was a Germany botanist and physician....

Grevillea lavandulacea

Grevillea lavandulacea is a low-growing shrub which is endemic to south-eastern South Australia and western and central Victoria . It grows up to between 0.2 and 1.5 metres in height....
Schltdl.
Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal

Diederich von Schlechtendal was a Germany botanist born in Xanten. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866, and Editor of the botanical journal Linnaea....

Grevillea leptopoda

The Grevillea leptopoda is a flowering plant originally found in Western Australia, mostly near Geraldton. It has white/cream flowers and spiky leaves....
McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....

Grevillea leucopteris

Grevillea leucopteris, also known as Old Socks or White Plume Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea levis

Grevillea levis is a shrub which is Endemic to Western Australia. It grows to between 1 and 2 metres in height and produces flowers which are white or cream, flushed with pink, in late autumn to mid spring ....
Olde & Marriott
Marriott

Marriott may refer to:Corporations:* Marriott International, international hotel company* Marriott Corp. , originally known as Hot Shoppes, Inc....

Grevillea linearifolia

Grevillea linearifolia is a shrub endemic to New South Wales, Australia....
(Cav.) Druce

Grevillea longifolia

Grevillea longifolia is a plant of the family Proteaceae, formerly known as Grevillea aspleniifolia. Commonly growing in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia Grevillea longifolia is recognizable by its deep red "toothbrush" flowers, and narrow, sawtoothed leaves....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea macrostylis F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....

Grevillea microstegia

Grevillea microstegia is a spreading shrub which is endemic to the Grampians National Park in Victoria , Australia. It grows to between 0.3 and 1 metre in height and 2 to 4 metres in width....
Molyneux
Bill Molyneux

Bill Molyneux is an Australian horticulturist and author who has researched and developed many popular cultivars of Australian plants, including Banksia 'Birthday Candles', and Isopogon 'Woorikee 2000'....

Grevillea mimosoides R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea miniata

Grevillea miniata is a shrub or small tree between 1.8 and 5 metres in height which is endemic to Western Australia. It has yellow or orange flowers and holly-like leaves....
W.Fitzg.

Grevillea miqueliana F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....

Grevillea montis-cole

Grevillea montis-cole is a shrub which is endemic to central-western Victoria , Australia. It has similarities in appearance to Grevillea microstegia, Grevillea floripendula and Grevillea aquifolium but has larger floral bracts....
R.V.Sm.

Grevillea mucronulata

Grevillea mucronulata, also known as Green Spider Flower, is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea nudiflora

Grevillea nudiflora is shrub which is endemic to an area on the south coast of Western Australia.It is variable in habit, ranging from prostrate to up to 2 metres in height....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea obtecta

Grevillea obtecta is a spreading shrub which is endemic to Victoria , Australia. It is known by the common names Fryerstown Grevillea, Elphinstone Grevillea, or Taradale Grevillea....
Molyneux
Bill Molyneux

Bill Molyneux is an Australian horticulturist and author who has researched and developed many popular cultivars of Australian plants, including Banksia 'Birthday Candles', and Isopogon 'Woorikee 2000'....

Grevillea obtusifolia

Grevillea obtusifolia is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows up to between 0.5 and 1.5 metres in height and up to 5 metres in width....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea oleoides

Grevillea oleoides, also known as Red Spider Flower is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia....
Sieber
Sieber

Sieber may refer to:* Franz Sieber, botanist* Christopher Sieber, actor* Lothar Sieber, test pilot* Albert Sieber, chief of scouts* Christoph Sieber, sailor...
ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Grevillea olivacea

Grevillea olivacea is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows up to 4 metres in height and produces red, orange or yellow flowers between June and October in its native range....
A.S.George
Alex George

Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genus Banksia and Dryandra.Born in East Fremantle, Western Australia, Western Australia on 4 April 1939, he joined the Western Australian Herbarium as a laboratory assistant at the age of twenty in 1959....

Grevillea paniculata

Grevillea paniculata is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.6 and 3 metres in height and produces white, cream or yellow flowers between June and November in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea parallela Knight

Grevillea petrophiloides

Grevillea petrophiloides is a shrub grevillea native to Western Australia. It is 1 to 3 metres high, with thin, needle-like leaves and dense, cylindrical flowers....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea petridifolia Knight

Grevillea pilosa

Grevillea pilosa is a low growing shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.4 and 1 metre in height and produce red or pink flowers between June and December in its native range....
A.S.George
Alex George

Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genus Banksia and Dryandra.Born in East Fremantle, Western Australia, Western Australia on 4 April 1939, he joined the Western Australian Herbarium as a laboratory assistant at the age of twenty in 1959....

Grevillea pilulifera (Lindl.
John Lindley

John Lindley was an England botanist and....
) Druce

Grevillea pimeleoides

Grevillea pimeleoides is a shrub which is endemic to the Southwest Australia region of Western Australia.It grows to between 0.6 and 2.5 metres in height and produces flowers between July and November in its native range....
W.Fitzg.

Grevillea pinaster

Grevillea pinaster is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-western Western Australia.It grows to between 0.5 and 3 metres in height and has a peak flowering period between May and September in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea polybotrya Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea preissii

Grevillea preissii is a small shrub which is Endemic to Western Australia. The red flowers appear between early winter and early spring. The species occurs near the coast between Greenhead, Western Australia and Bunbury, Western Australia....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea pteridifolia Knight

Grevillea pyramidalis A.Cunn
Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
. ex R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea quercifolia R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea ramosissima Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea repens F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....
ex Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea ripicola

Grevillea ripicola is a shrub which is endemic to the Southwest Australia region of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.6 and 2 metres in height and up to 4 metres in width....
A.S.George

Grevillea rhyolitica

Grevillea rhyolitica, also known as Deua Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales in Australia. It grows to between 0.5 and 2 metres in height....
R.O.Makinson

Grevillea rivularis L.A.S.Johnson & McGill

Grevillea robusta

Grevillea robusta, commonly known as the southern silky oak or Silky-oak, or Australian Silver-oak, is the largest species in the genus Grevillea....
A.Cunn
Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
. ex R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea rosmarinifolia

Grevillea rosmarinifolia is a plant of the family Proteaceae. It is a shrub up to 2m high. Its leaves resemble rosemary - narrow-linear, stiff with sharp points and curled-under margins, 1-4 cm long and 1-3 mm wide....
A.Cunn
Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
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Grevillea saccata Benth.
George Bentham

George Bentham CMG, FRS was an England botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century"....

Grevillea sericea

Grevillea sericea is a shrub endemic to New South Wales, Australia....
(Sm.
James Edward Smith

Sir James Edward Smith was an England botany and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant....
) R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea shiressii Blakely

Grevillea speciosa

Grevillea speciosa, also known as Red Spider Flower, is a shrub which is endemic to New South Wales in Australia....
(Knight) McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....

Grevillea steiglitziana

Grevillea steiglitziana, also known as Brisbane Ranges Grevillea, is a spreading shrub which is endemic to Victoria , Australia. It grows to between 0.7 and 2 metres in height ....
Wakef.

Grevillea striata

Grevillea striata, also known as Beefwood, is a tree or shrub native to all Australian states, with the exception of Victoria and Tasmania....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea synapheae R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea tetragonoloba

Grevillea tetragonoloba is an erect or spreading shrub which is Endemic to Western Australia. The red or brown "toothbrush" flowers appear between early winter and late spring....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea thelemanniana

The Spider-net Grevillea is a small, spreading shrub which is Endemic to Western Australia. The pink or red flowers appear between late autumn and late spring....
Hügel
Charles von Hügel

Karl Alexander Anselm Freiherr von H?gel was an Austrian Officer , diplomat, botanist and explorer, now primarily remembered for his travels in North India during the 1830s....
ex Endl.
Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher

Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher was an Austrian Empire botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. He was born in Bratislava and died in Vienna....

Grevillea thyrsoides

Grevillea thyrsoides, is a small, spreading shrub which is Endemic to Western Australia. It grows to between 0.3 metres and 0.7 metres in height and is up to 1.5 metres in width....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea triloba

Grevillea triloba is a spreading shrub endemic to Western Australia, principally the Geraldton, Western Australia area. Its height usually ranges between 0.9 and 1.5 metres high....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea triternata R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....

Grevillea umbellulata

Grevillea umbellulata is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.35 and 1.8 metres in height and produces white, cream, pink or grey flowers between July and December in its native range....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea treueriana

Grevillea treueriana, also known known as Mt Finke Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to South Australia. It usually grows to a height of between 1 and 1.5 metres with a similar spread....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....

Grevillea vestita

Grevillea vestita is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia .It usually grows to about 3 metres in height and has prickly leaves which are deeply lobed and can be up to 50 mm long and 30mm wide....
(Endl.) Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea victoriae

Grevillea victoriae, also known as Royal Grevillea, is a shrub which is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales and mountainous parts of Victoria in Australia....
F.Muell.
Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist....

Grevillea whiteana

Grevillea whiteana, also known as Mundubbera Grevillea, is an erect shrub or tree which is endemic to Queensland....
McGill.
Donald McGillivray

Donald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botany taxonomy. He was trained in forestry, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales....

Grevillea wickhamii

Grevillea wickhamii or Wickham's Grevillea is an erect shrub or small tree to 6 metres in height which is endemic to Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland....
Meisn.
Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Switzerland botanist.Born in Berne, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner....

Grevillea wilsonii

Grevillea wilsonii, also known as Wilson's Grevillea or Native Fuchsia, is a shrub which is endemic to the Southwest Australia of Western Australia....
A.Cunn
Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
.

Grevillea × gaudichaudii

Grevillea ? gaudichaudii is a prostrate shrub which is endemic to New South Wales. It is a naturally occurring hybrid between Grevillea acanthifolia subsp. acanthifolia and Grevillea laurifolia....
R.Br.
Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown Fellow of the Royal Society was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botany to collect in Australia during the first half of the 19th century....
ex Gaudich.

Five species are endemic to areas outside Australia. Three of these - G. exul

Grevillea exul

Grevillea exul is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteacae, endemic to New Caledonia.It grows up to 10 metres in height and has narrow lancelolate to elliptic leaves which have a blunt apex....
., G. gillvayi, and G. mesneri are endemic to New Caledonia while G. elbetii and G. papuana are endemic to Sulawesi and New Guinea respectively. Two other species, G. baileyana and G. glauca, occur in both New Guinea and Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
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Uses

Traditional Aboriginal use
Grevillea flowers were a traditional favourite among Aborigines for their sweet nectar. This could be shaken onto the hand to enjoy, or into a coolamon
Coolamon

Coolamon may refer to:* Coolamon - an Indigenous Australian container*Coolamon, New South Wales - an Australian town*Syzygium moorei - an Australian rainforest tree...
with a little water to make a sweet drink. They might be referred to as the original "bush lollies".

Cultivation
Many species are cultivated for their distinctive foliage and showy flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s, and they have been extensively hybridised. They can be grown from soft tip cutting
Cutting

Cutting is the separation of a physical object, or a portion of a physical object, into two portions, through the application of an acutely directed force....
s from December-March (in the Southern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is south of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half ball'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere south of the celestial equator....
) or seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
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Many harder to grow species can be grafted onto hardy rootstock such as Grevillea robusta

Grevillea robusta

Grevillea robusta, commonly known as the southern silky oak or Silky-oak, or Australian Silver-oak, is the largest species in the genus Grevillea....
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Grevilleas hybridise extremely easily in cultivation. this has resulted in a huge number of named Grevillea cultivars

Grevillea cultivars

Over the past 40 years, a huge number of hybrid and selected forms of grevilleas have been bred and grown in Australian nurseries and gardens. These have included some of the most popular garden plants in Australia today....
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They are also good bird-attracting plants, honeyeaters in particular are common visitors. They are also used as food plants by the larva

Larva

A larva is a young form of animal with indirect developmental biology, going through or undergoing metamorphosis .The larva can look completely different from the adult form, for example, a caterpillar differs from a butterfly....
e of some Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insect that includes moths and butterfly. It is one of the most speciose orders in the class Insecta, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterfly, skipper , and Hedylidae....
species including the Dryandra Moth

Dryandra Moth

The Dryandra Moth is a species of moth. It is considered the only species in the family Carthaeidae. Its closest relatives are the Saturniidae and it bears a resemblance to many species of that family, bearing prominent eye spots on all wings....
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There is an active Grevillea Study Group in ASGAP

Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants

The Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants is a federation of seven States and territories of Australia-based member organizations for people interested in Australia's native Flora of Australia, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation....
for people interested in Grevilleas, both for uses in horticulture and for conservation in the wild.

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External links

of ASGAP