Grevillea aurea, commonly known as golden grevillea or Death Adder Gorge grevillea,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia. It is a tall, open shrub leaves that have nine to twenty-seven lobes or teeth, and flowers that are red at first, becoming orange-red to yellow as they age.
| Golden grevillea | |
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| Grevillea aurea in the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. aurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea aurea | |
Description
editGrevillea aurea is a tall, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 2–6 m (6 ft 7 in – 19 ft 8 in). Its leaves are oblong in outline, 70–160 mm (2.8–6.3 in) long and 15–45 mm (0.59–1.77 in) wide with nine to twenty-seven lobes or teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches on a rachis 40–160 mm (1.6–6.3 in) long and are brick red when they first open, later orange-red to yellow, with an orange to yellow style. The pistil is 17–23 mm (0.67–0.91 in) long and the ovary is glabrous. Flowering occurs from April to August and the fruit is an elliptic follicle 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) long.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea aurea was formally described in 1993 by Peter M. Olde and Neil R. Marriott in the journal Telopea from specimens collected in Death Adder Gorge by Donald McGillivray and Clyde Robert Dunlop in 1978.[4][6] The specific epithet (aurea) means "golden".[7]
Distribution and habitat
editGolden grevillea grows in heath, scrub and forest understorey on sandstone escarpments and ridges in three separate parts of Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory.[5][8]
Conservation status
editGrevillea aurea is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Although it has a restricted distribution, it is presumed to currently have a stable population. There are no known major threats to the population, either currently or in the near future.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Makinson, R. (2020). "Grevillea aurea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T112646485A113307686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112646485A113307686.en. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Grevillea aurea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Grevillea aurea". Australian Native Plants Society. January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b Olde, Peter M.; Marriott, Neil R. (1993). "A taxonomic revision of Grevillea angulata (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) and closely related species from the Northern Territory and Western Australia". Telopea. 5 (2): 407–409. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ a b Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea aurea". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Grevillea aurea". APNI. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 140. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Grevillea aurea". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 14 December 2021.