Grevillea acacioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with cylindrical leaves and erect groups of greenish-white or cream-coloured flowers.
| Grevillea acacioides | |
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| Near Kalgoorlie | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. acacioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea acacioides | |
Description
editGrevillea acacioides is an erect, multi-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–2.2 m (3 ft 3 in – 7 ft 3 in). Its leaves are cylindrical, mostly 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 0.8–1.1 mm (0.031–0.043 in) wide with a sharply pointed tip. The flowers are arranged in erect groups on a flowering stem less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long at the end of branches and in leaf axils, the perianth greenish-white to cream-coloured and bearded inside and the pistil 10–12.5 mm (0.39–0.49 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from July to September and the fruit is a glabrous follicle mostly 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) long.[3][4]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea acacioides was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae), based on plant material collected from east of Sandstone by Charles Austin Gardner in 1931.[5] The specific epithet (acacioides) means "Acacia-like".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editThis grevillea usually grows in shrubland and is widespread between Cosmo Newbery, Wiluna, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe and Queen Victoria Spring in inland Western Australia.[3][4][1]
Conservation status
editGrevillea acacioides is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is common and widespread, its population is stable and it does not face any known threats currently or in the near future.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Keighery, G.; Olde, P. (2020). "Grevillea acacioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T112644819A113307601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112644819A113307601.en. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Grevillea acacioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Grevillea acacioides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Grevillea acacioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Grevillea acacioides". APNI. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780958034180.