Biology:Grevillea intricata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Grevillea intricata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. intricata
Binomial name
Grevillea intricata
Meisn.[1]

Grevillea intricata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a densely-branched shrub with tangled branchlets, divided leaves with linear lobes and clusters of pale greenish-white to light cream-coloured flowers.

Description

Grevillea intricata is a densely branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–3 m (1 ft 8 in–9 ft 10 in) and has tangled foliage. Its leaves are 80–160 mm (3.1–6.3 in) long and divided with widely-spreading linear lobes, the end lobes 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long and 0.4–1.1 mm (0.016–0.043 in) wide. The flowers are pale greenish-white to light cream-coloured and are arranged in sometimes branched clusters, each branch oval to narrowly conical on a rachis 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in) long, the pistil 4.5–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is a knobbly, oblong follicle 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea intricata was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany based on material collected by James Drummond.[4][5] The specific epithet (intricata) means "entangled".[6]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in heath, or tall shrubland and mallee shrubland between Northampton, Ajana and the Chapman East River in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion in the west of Western Australia.[2][3]

Conservation status

Grevillea intricata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

  1. "Grevillea intricata". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/85011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Grevillea intricata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/2023. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Grevillea intricata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20intricata. 
  4. "Grevillea intricata". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/503528. 
  5. Meisner, Carl (1855). "New Proteaceae of Australia". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 7: 74. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/6325#page/76/mode/1up. Retrieved 27 May 2022. 
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780958034180. 

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