Grevillea monslacana
At Lake Mountain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Grevillea
Species:
G. monslacana
Binomial name
Grevillea monslacana
Molyneux & Stajsic[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Grevillea victoriae 'race h'
  • Grevillea victoriae 'Lake Mountain form'
  • Grevillea sp. 2 (Lake Mountain)

Grevillea monslacana, commonly known as Lake Mountain grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to mountainous areas of eastern Victoria in Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub with narrowly egg-shaped leaves and clusters of pink to reddish pink flowers.

Description

Grevillea monslacana is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to 1.5–3.5 m (4 ft 11 in – 11 ft 6 in) high, 1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) wide and has densely woolly-hairy branchlets. Its leaves are narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, sometimes narrowly elliptic, mostly 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) wide. The upper surface of the leaves is usually glabrous, the lower surface silky-hairy, and the edges curved downwards. The flowers are arranged in sometimes branched clusters on a rachis 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long and are pink to reddish-pink, rarely white, the pistil 18–23 mm (0.71–0.91 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to April and the fruit is a faintly ridged follicle about 18 mm (0.71 in) long.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Grevillea monslacana was first formally described in 2000 by Val Stajsic and Bill Molyneux in the Flora of Australia from specimens collected in the Rubicon State Forest in 1995.[4][5]

Distribution and habitat

Lake Mountain grevillea grows in wet forest and open woodland at altitudes between 1,100 and 1,400 m (3,600 and 4,600 ft) and occurs in the area north and north-east of Marysville.[2][3]

Conservation status

Grevillea monslacana is listed as "critically endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988[6] and is listed as "rare in Victoria" on the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Grevillea monslacana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Stajsic, Val. "Grevillea monslacana". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Grevillea monslacana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Stajsic, Val; Molyneux, William M. (2006). "Taxonomic studies in the Grevillea victoriae F.Muell. species complex (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) I. Descriptions of nine previously segregated, and three new taxa". Muelleria. 22: 54–57. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Grevillea monslacana". APNI. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Grevillea dimorpha". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). p. 26. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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