Grevillea longistyla
{{short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia}}
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|image_caption = In Maranoa Gardens
|genus = Grevillea
|species = longistyla
|authority = Hook.{{cite web|title=Grevillea longifolia|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/90933|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=23 June 2022}}
|synonyms = Grevillea neglecta R.Br.
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Grevillea longistyla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland in Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves with linear lobes or simple, linear leaves, and groups of red to orange-red or bright pink flowers.
Description
Grevillea longistyla is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1.5–5|m}} and forms a lignotuber. Its leaves are {{cvt|120–300|mm}} long and either simple, or divided with two to six lobes, the leaves or lobes {{cvt|1.5–4|mm}} wide but not sharply-pointed. The edges of the leaves are turned down or rolled under. The flowers are arranged in sometimes branched groups on a rachis usually {{cvt|25–85|mm}} long and are red to orange-red or bright pink, the pistil usually {{cvt|40–52|mm}} long. Flowering occurs in most months, peaking from August to November, and the fruit is an oblong follicle {{cvt|10–14|mm}} long with a rough surface.{{cite web |title=Grevillea longistyla |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20longistyla |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=23 June 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea longistyla was first formally described in 1848 by William Jackson Hooker in Thomas Mitchell's Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.{{cite web|title=Grevillea longistyla|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/33149 |publisher=APNI|access-date=23 June 2022}}{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |editor-last1=Mitchell |editor-first1=Thomas |title=Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia |date=1848 |page=343 |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/mtwryxns/items?canvas=391 |access-date=23 June 2022}} The specific epithet (longistyla) means "having a long style".{{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=243 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This grevillea usually grows in woodland or forest and is found between Chinchilla, Gurulmundi and the Blackdown Tableland National Park in central and south-eastern Queensland.
Conservation status
Grevillea longistyla is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.{{cite web |title=Species profile—Grevillea longistyla |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=17037 |publisher=Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science |access-date=23 June 2022}}
References
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Category:Proteales of Australia