Grevillea bedggoodiana, commonly known as Enfield grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying shrub with coarsely serrated, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and green and pink flowers.
| Enfield grevillea | |
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| Grevillea bedggoodiana in Enfield State Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. bedggoodiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea bedggoodiana | |
Description
editGrevillea bedggoodiana is a prostrate to low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) with hairy branchlets. Its leaves are egg-shaped to oblong in outline, 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long and 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) wide, with five to nine lobes or teeth, or sometimes pinnatifid. The flowers are arranged in more or less one-sided groups, the rachis hairy and 20–65 mm (0.79–2.56 in) long. The flowers are green at first, becoming pink, the style glabrous green, later deep pink, the pistil 12–16.5 mm (0.47–0.65 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a softly-hairy follicle 8.5–10.0 mm (0.33–0.39 in) long.[3][4]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea bedggoodiana was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray from an unpublished description by Jim Willis, in McGillivray's book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae).[5] The specific epithet commemorates Stella Bedggood (1916-1978) a member of the Ballarat Field Naturalists' Club.[6]
Distribution and habitat
editEnfield grevillea occurs in eucalypt woodland between Enfield and Smythesdale near Ballarat in Victoria.[2][4]
Conservation status
editThe species is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, as "endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988[7] and "vulnerable" in the Department of Environment and Primary Industries Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[4][8]
References
edit- ^ "Grevillea bedggoodiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ a b Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea bedggoodiana". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea bedggoodiana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Carter, Oberon; Murphy, Anna H.; Downe, Judy. "National Recovery Plan for the Enfield Grevillea Grevillea bedggoodiana" (PDF). Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea bedggoodiana". APNI. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Olde, Peter; Marriott, Neil (1995). The Grevillea Book Volume 2. Australia: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0864176163.
- ^ "Grevillea bedggoodiana ". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014" (PDF). Victorian Government of Environment and Primary Industries. Retrieved 11 January 2022.