Grevillea infecunda

Grevillea infecunda is a low-lying to weakly erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|0.3–1.2|m}}. It has hairy branchlets and grows from root suckers. The leaves are egg-shaped to oblong in outline, {{cvt|30–70|mm}} long and divided, with three to sixteen triangular to rounded teeth or lobes. The end lobes are rigid, {{cvt|6–15|mm}} long and {{cvt|7–10|mm}} wide, and sharply-pointed.

The flowers are arranged in clusters on a {{cvt|20–40|mm}}-long rachis, and are greenish yellow, ageing to orange or reddish. The pistil is {{cvt|18–26|mm}} long and the style is greenish-yellow or dull pink. Flowering occurs from October to December but the plant is not known to produce fruit.{{cite web |title=Grevillea infecunda |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20infecunda |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=24 May 2022}}

Grevillea infecunda was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray, in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae),{{cite book |last1=McGillivray |first1=D.J. |title=New names in grevillea (proteaceae) |date=1986 |publisher=D.J. McGillivray |location=Castle Hill, N.S.W. |isbn=0731628977}} from specimens collected in the Anglesea district in 1969 by James Hamlyn Willis.{{cite web|title=Grevillea infecunda|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/481331|publisher=APNI|access-date=24 May 2022}} The specific epithet, infecunda, means "unfruitful".{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Charlton T. |title=An Elementary Latin Dictionary |date=1890 |publisher=American Book Company |location=New York |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0060:entry=infecundus |access-date=24 May 2022}}

Anglesea grevillea grows in forest and woodland, and is currently only known from the Anglesea area, although old records suggest that the species was once found {{cvt|100|km}} east of Anglesea.

Grevillea infecunda is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act and the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria, and a National Recovery Plan has been prepared. The species is listed as "endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988{{cite web |title=Grevillea infecunda |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/1b9715e6-aba4-4605-a4a2-cb9cbbc6e6b8 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=30 December 2023}} The main threats to the species include recreational activities such as the use of off-road vehicles, horse-riding and camping.{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Oberon |title=National Recovery Plan for the Anglesea Grevillea Grevillea infecunda |url=https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/g-infecunda.pdf |publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |access-date=24 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Conservation Advice Grevillea infecunda Anglesea grevillea |url=https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/22026-conservation-advice-01042016.pdf |publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |access-date=24 May 2022}}{{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 Department of Environment and Primary Industries |access-date=24 May 2022}}

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infecunda

Category:Flora of Victoria (state)

Category:Proteales of Australia

Category:Taxa named by Donald McGillivray

Category:Plants described in 1986