Grevillea cunninghamii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the north of Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves with sharply-pointed teeth on the edges, and clusters of red flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. cunninghamii
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea cunninghamii | |
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Grevillea carduifolia Benth. | |
Description
editGrevillea cunninghamii is a prickly shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.2–4 m (3 ft 11 in – 13 ft 1 in), its branchlets and leaves glabrous. The adult leaves are egg-shaped, 40–90 mm (1.6–3.5 in) long and 30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 in) wide with 13 to 21 spine-like, sharply-pointed teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in loose, more or less spherical clusters on a rachis 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long, the pistil 8.0–9.5 mm (0.31–0.37 in) long. The flowers are red and pale red to yellow with a red style. Flowering mostly occurs from May to September and the fruit is an oblong follicle 9.0–10.5 mm (0.35–0.41 in) long.[3][4]
Taxonomy
editGrevillea cunninghamii was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in the Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected by Allan Cunningham in 1820.[5][6] The specific epithet (cunninghamii) honours the collector of the type specimens.[7]
Distribution and habitat
editGrevillea cunninghamii usually grows in open scrub communities in near-coastal regions and off-shore islands between Cape Londonderry and King Sound in the Dampierland, Northern Kimberley and Victoria Bonaparte biogeographic regions of northern Western Australia.[3][4]
Conservation status
editThis grevillea is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b Keighery, G.; Olde, P. (2020). "Grevillea cunninghamii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T112651032A113307851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112651032A113307851.en. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Grevillea cunninghamii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Grevillea cunninghamii". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Grevillea cunninghamii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Grevillea cunninghamii". APNI. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 23. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780958034180.