Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

  • Authority

    Prance, Ghillean T., et al. 2007. Proteaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 100: 1-218. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Proteaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br.

  • Type

    Type. Australia, Queensland: "Ora orient. Moreton Bay, 1827 D. Cunningham" [protologue]; lectotype: 1827, A. Cunningham. (lectotype, K, designated by Makinson, 2000; isolectotype, BM).

  • Synonyms

    Stylurus robusta (R.Br.) O.Deg., Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn.

  • Description

    Species Description - Tree, 8-40 m tall. Leaves 1-3.4 × 9-15 cm deeply dissected with 11-24(-31) primary lobes, these entire to 5-partite, sometimes with tertiary division; ultimate lobes oblong to elliptic or subtriangular, 0.5-5 × 2-10 mm; margins shortly recurved; lower surface subsericeous to subvillous. Conflorescence erect, terminal, simple to 4-branched; unit conflorescence secund, 12-16 cm long, many-flowered, acropetal. Flowers 7-13 mm long, acroscopic; pedicels 7.5-16 mm long; torus oblique. Flower color: perianth golden yellow to orange (rarely reddish) outside, inside (partially exposed) with red blotches, glabrous; style yellow-orange, recurved at first, later erect, 21-29 mm long, glabrous; ovary stipitate; pollen-presenter erect, shortly conical. Follicle laterally compressed, ellipsoidal to ovoid, 12-16 mm long, glabrous, with persistent style. Seeds flat, ovate-oblong, 10 × 5 mm, with light brown papery wing.

  • Distribution

    An Australian species from Queensland and New South Wales that has been widely introduced into the neotropics as an ornamental, for multiple uses in agroforestry, and as shade for coffee.

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