Grevillea intricata
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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. intricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea intricata | |
Grevillea intricata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a densely-branched shrub with tangled branchlets, divided leaves with linear lobes and clusters of pale greenish-white to light cream-coloured flowers.
Description
[edit]Grevillea intricata is a densely branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–3 m (1 ft 8 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has tangled foliage. Its leaves are 80–160 mm (3.1–6.3 in) long and divided with widely-spreading linear lobes, the end lobes 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long and 0.4–1.1 mm (0.016–0.043 in) wide. The flowers are pale greenish-white to light cream-coloured and are arranged in sometimes branched clusters, each branch oval to narrowly conical on a rachis 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in) long, the pistil 4.5–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is a knobbly, oblong follicle 11–15 mm (0.43–0.59 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Grevillea intricata was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany based on material collected by James Drummond.[4][5] The specific epithet (intricata) means "entangled".[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This grevillea grows in heath, or tall shrubland and mallee shrubland between Northampton, Ajana and the Chapman East River in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion in the west of Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status
[edit]Grevillea intricata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Grevillea intricata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Grevillea intricata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Grevillea intricata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Grevillea intricata". APNI. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Meisner, Carl (1855). Hooker, William Jackson (ed.). "New Proteaceae of Australia". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 7: 74. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780958034180.