familyProteaceae
genusGrevillea
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Cult. Prot., xvii, 120. 1809. (as Grevillia), name and orthography conserved
Etymology: For Charles Francis Greville, 1749–1809, Fellow of the Royal Society
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.
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Grevillea robusta Buxus sempervirens Pachysandra procumbens |
Inflorescences unbranched or 2–4 [–20] -branched. Flowers: nectary solitary, ventral [surrounding pistil], crescent-shaped [to oblong or annular, rarely 4-lobed or absent]; pistil diagonally oriented; ovary stipitate [sessile]; style slightly sinuous [straight to curved, hooked, or bent], tip modified as ± radially symmetrical [to strongly oblique] pollen presenter; stigma terminal [ventral]. Follicles sessile. = 10.
Distribution
Introduced; s Africa, Pacific Islands (New Caledonia), Pacific Islands (New Guinea), Pacific Islands (Sulawesi), Australia (including Tasmania), also widely in tropical and subtropical areas
Discussion
Species ca. 365 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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hypogynous +
basifixed +
tripinnatisect +
pinnatisect +
papery +
absent +
absent +
erect +
adnate +
bisexual +
sessile +
dehiscent +
paniculate +
racemelike +
true +
simple +
alternate +
persistent +
lobed +
ventral +
absent +
crescent--shaped +
fleshy +
stipitate +
marginal +
superior +
hypogynous +
1-carpellate +
oriented +
symmetrical +
Cult. Prot., xvii, +
1809 +
like +
winged +
ovate-apiculate +
petiolate +
absent +
sinuous +
distinct +
Grevillea +
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unarmed +
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