Grevillea jephcottii
{{Short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Victoria, Australia}}
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|name = Pine Mountain grevillea
|image = Grevillea jephcottii Maranoa.jpg
|image_caption = In Maranoa Gardens
|genus = Grevillea
|species = jephcottii
|authority = J.H.Willis{{cite web|title=Grevillea jephcottii|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/85066|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=31 May 2022}}
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Grevillea jephcottii, commonly known as Pine Mountain grevillea, green grevillea or Jephcotts grevillea{{cite web|author=Hitchcock, James|year=2005|title=Grevillea jephcottii|work=Growing Australian Plants|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/interns-2005/grevillea-jephcottii.html|access-date=2010-06-07}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Victoria. It is a low dense, to tall spindly shrub with narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves, and clusters of pale lemon or greenish flowers with a purplish style.
Description
Grevillea jephcottii is a low, dense, to erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–3|m}}. Its leaves are narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic, {{cvt|10–35|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–6|mm}} wide and glabrous when mature. The flowers are usually arranged on the ends of branches in groups of three to eight on a rachis {{cvt|2–3|mm}} long and are pale lemon or greenish, turning black as they age, the pistil {{cvt|9.0–19.5|mm}} long and the style purplish with white hairs. Flowering occurs from July to November and the fruit is a narrowly oval follicle {{cvt|10–15|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea jephcottii |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20jephcottii |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=31 May 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Olde |first1=Peter M. |last2=Marriott |first2=Neil R. |title=Grevillea jephcottii |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/4eb1dfb3-ac36-4cfe-8007-75b8fee9fbcb |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=31 May 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Willis |first1=James H. |title=Systematic Notes on the Indigenous Australian Flora. |journal=Muelleria |date=1967 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=117–118 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/199349#page/5/mode/1up |access-date=31 May 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea jephcottii was first formally described in 1967 by James Hamlyn Willis in the journal Muelleria from specimens he collected on the south-west slopes of Pine Mountain in 1964.{{cite web|title=Grevillea jephcottii|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/503605 |publisher=APNI|access-date=30 May 2022}} The specific epithet (jephcottii), honours the Jephcott family from Ournie, who were the first to collect specimens from the area. [https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/jephcott-sydney-wheeler.html Sydney Wheeler Jephcott] discovered the plant at the age of 14 in 1878.
Distribution and habitat
Conservation status
The species is listed as "endangered" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988{{cite web |title=Grevillea jephcottii |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/4eb1dfb3-ac36-4cfe-8007-75b8fee9fbcb |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=29 December 2023}}
and is listed as "rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's 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=State of Victoria Department of Environment and Primary Industries |access-date=31 May 2022}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.kew.org/herbcatimg/371275.jpg Herbarium specimen at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew]
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Proteales of Australia