Grevillea brevifolia
{{short description|Species of plant in the family Proteaceae native to Victoria and New South Wales in Australia}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Cobberas grevillea
| image = Grevillea brevifolia.jpg
| image_caption = Grevillea brevifolia in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Grevillea
| species = brevifolia
| authority = F.Muell. ex Benth.{{cite web |title=Grevillea brevifolia |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/108930 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=26 January 2022}}
| synonyms = Grevillea victoriae var. brevifolia (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell. ex Maiden & Betche
}}
Grevillea brevifolia, commonly known as Cobberas grevillea,{{cite web |last1=Stajsic |first1=Val |title=Grevillea brevifolia |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/052ed908-c7af-41cd-815c-73161c2c87c6 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=25 January 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, elliptic leaves and clusters of hairy red flowers.
Description
Grevillea brevifolia is a spreading shrub, typically {{cvt|0.5–2.5|m}} high and {{cvt|2.0–3.5|m}} wide, its branchlets silky-hairy. Its leaves are usually elliptic, sometimes egg-shaped, mostly {{cvt|21–38|mm}} long and {{cvt|6–16|mm}} wide, the upper surface mostly glossy and glabrous, the lower surface densely silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged in pendulous clusters on the ends of branchlets with many flowers, the rachis usually {{cvt|10–15|mm}} long. The flowers are red and woolly-hairy on the outside, the pistil {{cvt|17–22|mm}} long. Flowering mainly occurs from late August to May and the fruit is a glabrous follicle {{cvt|18–23|mm}} long.
Taxonomy
Grevillea brevifolia first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from an unpublished description by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller who collected the type specimens from Mount Tambo in Victoria at an altitude of {{cvt|5000|ft}}.{{cite web|title=Grevillea brevifolia|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/540044|publisher=APNI|access-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |last2=von Mueller |first2=Ferdinand |title=Flora Australiensis |volume=5 |date=1870 |publisher=Lovell Reeve & Co. |location=London |pages=467–468 |url=https://archive.org/details/floraaustralien03bentgoog/page/466/mode/2up |access-date=25 January 2022}} The specific epithet (brevifolia) means "short-leaved".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=150 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Cobberas grevillea grows in alpine and subalpine woodlands, often in rocky places in north-eastern Victoria and as far north as Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales.
Conservation status
This species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as it has a limited distribution, a naturally severely fragmented population and is vulnerable to stochastic factors such as potential fire events that can drastically affect the species by impacting several subpopulations at once. Increased fire regimes could threaten the long-term survival of some populations if the interval between burns does not allow seed regenerated plants to reach maturity. Other threats include potential clearing through roadworks and potential browsing by introduced Sambar deer.{{cite iucn |author=Cameron, D. |author2=Makinson, R. |author3=Olde, P. |year=2020 |title=Grevillea brevifolia |volume=2020 |page=e.T112647831A113309245 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112647831A113309245.en |access-date=21 December 2023}} Grevillea brevifolia is listed as "endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988{{cite web |title=Grevillea brevifolia |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/052ed908-c7af-41cd-815c-73161c2c87c6|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=30 December 2023}}.
References
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External links
- [http://www.kew.org/herbcatimg/368100.jpg Herbarium specimen at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew]
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Proteales of Australia
Category:Taxa named by George Bentham