Grevillea integrifolia, commonly known as entire-leaved grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and cylindrical clusters of white to creamy-white flowers.
| Grevillea integrifolia | |
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| At Quairading, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. integrifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea integrifolia | |
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Description
editGrevillea integrifolia is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in). Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long and 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) wide, sometimes curving upwards. The flowers are white to creamy-white, sometimes with a pink tinge and are arranged in cylindrical, sometimes branched clusters on a rachis 30–45 mm (1.2–1.8 in) long. The pistil is 5.5–6.5 mm (0.22–0.26 in) long and glabrous. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is a smooth, narrowly oblong follicle 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first formally described in Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres in 1830 by Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Anadenia integrifolia.[4][5] The species was transferred to the genus Grevillea as Grevillea integrifolia by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in 1856.[6] The specific epithet (integrifolia) means "whole-leaved", that it not toothed or lobed.[7]
Distribution and habitat
editEntire-leaved grevillea usually grows in heath and occurs near Burracoppin, Quairading, Kukerin and Corrigin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Grevillea integrifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Grevillea integrifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Grevillea integrifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Anadenia integrifolia". APNI. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Endlicher, Stephan (1838). Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres. Vienna. p. 21. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea integrifolia". APNI. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780958034180.