Grevillea bedggoodiana
{{Short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Victoria, Australia}}
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|name = Enfield grevillea
|image = Grevillea_bedggoodiana.jpg
|image_caption = Grevillea bedggoodiana in Enfield State Park
|status = VU
|status_system = EPBC
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|genus = Grevillea
|species = bedggoodiana
|authority = J.H.Willis ex McGill.{{cite web|title=Grevillea bedggoodiana|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/108457|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=11 January 2022}}
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Grevillea bedggoodiana, commonly known as Enfield grevillea,{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea bedggoodiana |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/412cf739-0470-4023-8f59-fe8f8ad223b7 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=11 January 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying shrub with coarsely serrated, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and green and pink flowers.
Description
Grevillea bedggoodiana is a prostrate to low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|0.5|m}} with hairy branchlets. Its leaves are egg-shaped to oblong in outline, {{cvt|20–70|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–35|mm}} wide, with five to nine lobes or teeth, or sometimes pinnatifid. The flowers are arranged in more or less one-sided groups, the rachis hairy and {{cvt|20–65|mm}} long. The flowers are green at first, becoming pink, the style glabrous green, later deep pink, the pistil {{cvt|12–16.5|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a softly-hairy follicle {{cvt|8.5–10.0|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea bedggoodiana |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20bedggoodiana |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Oberon |last2=Murphy |first2=Anna H. |last3=Downe |first3=Judy |title=National Recovery Plan for the Enfield Grevillea Grevillea bedggoodiana |url=https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/g-bedgoodiana.pdf |publisher=Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment |access-date=11 January 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea bedggoodiana was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray from an unpublished description by Jim Willis, in McGillivray's book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae).{{cite web|title=Grevillea bedggoodiana|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/539327|publisher=APNI|access-date=11 January 2022}}
The specific epithet commemorates Stella Bedggood (1916-1978) a member of the Ballarat Field Naturalists' Club.{{cite book|author1=Olde, Peter |author2=Marriott, Neil|title=The Grevillea Book Volume 2| publisher=Kangaroo Press|location=Australia | year=1995 | isbn=0864176163}}
Distribution and habitat
Enfield grevillea occurs in eucalypt woodland between Enfield and Smythesdale near Ballarat in Victoria.
Conservation status
The species is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, as "endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988{{cite web |title=Grevillea bedggoodiana |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/412cf739-0470-4023-8f59-fe8f8ad223b7|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=30 December 2023}}
and "vulnerable" in the Department of Environment and Primary Industries Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.{{cite web |title=Advisory list of rare or threatened plants in Victoria - 2014 |url=https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/50448/Advisory-List-of-Rare-or-Threatened-Plants-in-Victoria-2014.pdf |publisher=Victorian Government of Environment and Primary Industries |access-date=11 January 2022}}
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)