Grevillea parvula , commonly known as Genoa grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area near the border between New South Wales and Victoria in south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub, usually with elliptic leaves, and down-turned clusters of pinkish to 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. parvula
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Description
editGrevillea parvula is a spreading, sometimes compact shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has woolly- to shaggy-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are usually ellicptic or narrowly elliptic, sometimes lance-shaped or narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly 25–40 mm (0.98–1.57 in) long and 8–18 mm (0.31–0.71 in) wide. The edges of the leaves are turned down, the upper surface of the leaves smooth, the lower surface densely silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches or in leaf axils in down-turned clusters of 8 to 36 flowers, on a rachis 5–16 mm (0.20–0.63 in) long. The flowers are pinkish to red, the style red or reddish-pink, and the pistil is 17–20 mm (0.67–0.79 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from October to March and the fruit is a glabrous follicle 17–19.5 mm (0.67–0.77 in) long.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy
editThis taxon was first formally described in 1870 as Grevillea victoriae var. leptoneura by English botanist George Bentham in the fifth volume of Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Ferdinand von Mueller near the headwaters of the Genoa River.[6][7] In 2000, Bill Molyneux and Val Stajsic raised the variety to species status as Grevillea parvula in the Flora of Australia.[8] The specific epithet (parvula) is the diminutive form of the Latin word parvus meaning "small", referring to the size of the leaves, flowers and follicles which are smaller than those of closely related grevilleas.[9]
Distribution and habitat
editGrevillea parvula usually grows in forest near watercourses, sometimes in woodland, from sea level to an altitude of over 1,100 m (3,600 ft). It is found between Eden and the Main Range and near the Wallagaraugh and Towamba Rivers in the far south-east of New South Wales and in the far east of Victoria.
Conservation status
editThis species is listed as "endangered" under the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[5][10]
Use in horticulture
editThe cultivar Grevillea 'Canterbury Gold' is a hybrid between a prostrate yellow form of Grevillea juniperina and this species.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Grevillea parvula". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Grevillea parvula". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea parvula". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Makinson, Robert O. "Grevillea parvula". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b Stajsic, Val. "Grevillea parvula". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea victoriae var. leptoneura". APNI. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1870). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 5. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 468. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea parvula". APNI. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Makinson, Robert O. (2000). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (PDF). Vol. 17A. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 502. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014" (PDF). Victorian Government Department of Environment and Primary Industries. p. 26. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea 'Canterbury Gold'". List of Registered Cultivars derived from Australian native flora. Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. Retrieved 1 February 2013.