Grevillea hockingsii
{{short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia}}
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|authority = Molyneux & Olde{{cite web |title=Grevillea hockingsii |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/134794|publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=14 May 2022}}
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Grevillea hockingsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is an erect shrub with oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves and clusters of reddish-pink flowers.
Description
Grevillea hockingsii is a dense, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1.5–2|m}} high and has ascending, silky-hairy branchlets. Its adult leaves are oblong to narrowly elliptic, {{cvt|40–140|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–18|mm}} wide. The lower surface of the leaves is silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the stems in clusters of two to ten {{cvt|15–22|mm}} long on a rachis {{cvt|2–5|mm}} long, each flower on a pedicel about {{cvt|4|mm}} long. The flowers are reddish pink, hairy and slightly rust-coloured, the pistil {{cvt|13–17.5|mm}} long. Flowering mainly occurs from June to December and the fruit is an elliptic to narrowly oval follicle {{cvt|20–36|mm}} long.{{cite journal |last1=Olde |first1=Peter M. |last2=Molyneux |first2=William M. |title=Delimitation of two new species from the Grevillea victoriae alliance (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae). |journal=Telopea |date=1994 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=784–786 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264633#page/206/mode/1up |access-date=14 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Grevillea hockingsii |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20hockingsii |publisher=Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=14 May 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea hockingsii was first formally described in 2008 by Bill Molyneux and Peter M. Olde in the journal Telopea from specimens collected in the Coominglah State Forest, Queensland in 1989.{{cite web|title=Grevillea hockingsii|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/559616|publisher=APNI|access-date=14 May 2022}} The specific epithet (hockingsii) honours Francis David Hockings who discovered the species in 1983.{{cite web |title=Hockings, Francis David (1928 - 2017) |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/hockings-francis-david.html |publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens |access-date=14 May 2022}}
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea grows in the shrubby understorey of woodland or open forest in a three disjunct areas in south-eastern Queensland.
Conservation status
Grevillea hockingsii is listed as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.{{cite web |title=Species profile—Grevillea hockingsii |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=7052 |publisher=Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science |access-date=14 May 2022}}