Grevillea floripendula

taxobox
name = Ben Major Grevillea
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Grevillea"
species = "G. floripendula "
binomial = "Grevillea floripendula "
binomial_authority = R.V.Sm.
synonyms = "Grevillea" 'Ben Major'|

"Grevillea floripendula", also known as Ben Major Grevillea, is a prostrate or spreading shrub which is endemic to a small area in central western Victoria in Australia. It grows up to 1 metre in height and 3 metres in width. The flowers are green-grey to purplish-brown and appear between October and December (mid spring to early summer) in its native range.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by botanist Raymond Smith in "Muelleria" in 1981.Two forms of this species have been identified:
*Ben Major form
*Musical Gully form

Distribution

"Grevillea floripendula" occurs in dry sclerophyll forest within a localised area to the northof Beaufort between Waterloo and Ben Major Forest .

Conservation status

Only 4000 plants remain in its native range, in 21 separate populations. The species is listed as "vulnerable" under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and "threatened" under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.

References

*cite paper |last=Carter O, Murphy A.H. and Downe, J. |first= |authorlink= |title=National Recovery Plan for Ben Major Grevillea - Grevillea floripendula|version= |publisher=Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria |date=2006 |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/pubs/g-floripendula.pdf|format= |id=ISBN 1 74152 245 5 |accessdate=
*Flora of Australia Online|name="Grevillea floripendula" |id=2580

External links

*APNI | name = "Grevillea floripendula" R.V.Smith. | id =21573