Grevillea batrachioides
| Grevillea batrachioides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Grevillea |
| Species: | G. batrachioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Grevillea batrachioides McGill. | |
Grevillea batrachioides is a shrub which is endemic to a small area along the west coast in the Mid West region of Western Australia.[1] It is a threatened species with excessively low numbers in the wild,[2] and is nationally listed as critically endangered.[3]
Description
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft) and has glaucous branchlets. It has simple leaves with dissected blades and revoluted margins that are 10 to 40 millimetres (0.39 to 1.57 in) long and 1 to 1.2 mm (0.039 to 0.047 in) wide.
G. batrachioides produces an irregularly shaped pink inflorescence located on a raceme at the branchlet terminus from October to December. A simple brown hairy ellipsoidal ribbed fruit follows.[1]
Conservation
Declared as a rare flora in 1992, G. batrachioides was later nationally ranked as Critically Endangered when assessed in 2000. Although it has not yet been assessed by the IUCN, it meets Red List Category ‘CR’ under criterion D. Only one population exists numbering 45 adult plants and 13 juveniles in 2002. The main threats are fire, disease and recreational acivities.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Grevillea batrachioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Threats to Australian Plants". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- 1 2 Gillian Stack and Val English (January 2002). "Mt Lesueur Grevillea (Grevillea batrachioides) Interim Recovery Plan 2002-2004" (PDF). Department of Conservation and Land Management. Retrieved 26 July 2016.