Grevillea callichlaena

Grevillea callichlaena is a shrub species which is endemic to mountainous areas of eastern Victoria in Australia. The species was first formally described in 2005.[1] The species is listed, under the name Grevillea sp. aff. miqueliana (Mount Benambra), as "Vulnerable in Victoria" on the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[2] It occurs on Mount Benambra in the Alpine National Park[3] Flowering occurs predominantly between October and March in the species' native range.[3]

Grevillea callichlaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. callichlaena
Binomial name
Grevillea callichlaena
Molyneux & Stajsic
Synonyms

Grevillea sp. aff. miqueliana (Mt Benambra)

References

  1. "Grevillea callichlaena". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  2. "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2005" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. Stajsic, V.; Molyneux, W.M. (2005). "Taxonomic studies in the Grevillea victoriae F.Muell. species complex (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) I. Descriptions of nine previously segregated, and three new taxa". Muelleria. 22: 38–41.
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