2045.000 Grevillea R.Br. ex Knight

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, variously and sometimes deeply pinnatifid. Inflorescence many-flowered (in ours). Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, paired in the axil of each bract. Ovules 2. Fruit a follicle. Seeds winged.

Derivation of name: for Charles Francis Greville, 1749-1809, English politician and horticulturist.

Worldwide: 260 species, Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Indonesia.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br.	N		Image

Other sources of information about Grevillea:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Grevillea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Grevillea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Grevillea

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Grevillea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Grevillea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Grevillea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Grevillea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Grevillea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Grevillea
JSTOR Plant Science: Grevillea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Grevillea
Plants of the World Online: Grevillea
Tropicos: Grevillea
Wikipedia: Grevillea

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Grevillea.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1585, retrieved 22 November 2024

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