Grevillea montis-cole
{{short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Victoria, Australia}}
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|image2_caption = Subspecies montis-cole in the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
|genus = Grevillea
|species = montis-cole
|authority = R.V.Sm.{{cite web|title=Grevillea montis-cole|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/95824|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=14 July 2022}}
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Grevillea montis-cole, commonly known as Mount Cole grevillea,{{cite web|title=Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014 |publisher=Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria) |url=https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/50448/Advisory-List-of-Rare-or-Threatened-Plants-in-Victoria-2014.pdf|access-date=14 July 2022}}{{rp|56}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to central-western Victoria, Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves with 5 to 15 lobes, the end lobes more or less triangular to narrowly oblong and sharply-pointed, and clusters of greenish to fawn and dull purplish flowers.
Description
Grevillea montis-cole is a straggling to open, semi-erect shrub that typically grows to {{cvt|0.6–1.5|m}} high and {{cvt|0.9–3.6|mm}} wide, the branchlets with a few shaggy hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, {{cvt|20–70|mm}} long and {{cvt|25–50|mm}} wide in outline and divided with 5 to 15 spreading lobes that are in turn divided with 2 to 5 lobes, the end lobes narrowly oblong, {{cvt|2–23|mm}} long, {{cvt|2–7|mm}} wide and sharply pointed. The edges of the leaves and leaflets are rolled under and the lower surface has a few woolly hairs. The flowers are arranged on one side of a rachis {{cvt|10–60|mm}} long and are silky- to shaggy-hairy, the pistil {{cvt|15.5–17.0|mm}} long. The flowers are greenish to fawn on the outsided, dull purplish inside, with a bright red style. Flowering occurs from October to March and the fruit is a woolly- or silky-hairy follicle {{cvt|9–12|mm}} long.{{cite web |title=Grevillea montis-cole |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20montis-cole |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea montis-cole |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/59c6f6a7-bed8-4b9d-8aa9-a28416cb1b7c |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Raymond V. |title=Grevillea montis-cole sp. nov. (Proteaceae) from Victoria |journal=Muelleria |date=1983 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=223–227 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209941#page/111/mode/1up |access-date=14 July 2022}}
Taxonomy
Grevillea montis-cole was first formally described in 1983 by Raymond Vaughan Smith in the journal Muelleria from specimens he collected in the Mount Cole State Forest in 1965.{{cite web|title=Grevillea montis-cole|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/519993|publisher=APNI|access-date=14 July 2022}} In the same journal, Smith described two subspecies and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
- Grevillea montis-cole R.V.Sm. subsp. brevistyla{{cite web|title=Grevillea montis-cole subsp. brevistyla|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/95826|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=14 July 2022}} (commonly known as Langi Ghiran grevillea){{cite web |title=Conservation Advice Grevillea montis-cole subsp. brevistyla Langi Ghiran grevillea |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/17703-conservation-advice-01042016.pdf |publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriccultus, Water and the Environment |access-date=14 July 2022}} is a low spreading shrub growing to {{cvt|1|m}} high and that has pistils that are less than {{cvt|20|mm}} long, and leaves that are shorter and broader than those of the autonym.{{cite web |title=Grevillea montis-cole subsp. brevistyla |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20montis-cole%20subsp.%20brevistyla |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea montis-cole subsp. brevistyla |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/8c7e1e5e-bcf0-41d7-bcd9-82c422307654 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=14 July 2022}}
- Grevillea montis-cole subsp. montis-cole R.V.Sm.{{cite web|title=Grevillea montis-cole subsp. montis-cole|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/95830|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=14 July 2022}} (commonly known as Glut grevillea),{{cite book |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Flora of Australia |volume=17A |date=2000 |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study |location=Canberra |page=62 |url=https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/env/pages/9956603b-17a1-4fe2-b47a-3addcd924fc0/files/flora-australia-17a-proteaceae-2-grevillea.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022}} is a shrub that grows to a height of between {{cvt|1.0–1.5|m}} and has pistils longer than {{cvt|20|mm}}.{{cite web |title=Grevillea montis-cole subsp. montis-cole |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20montis-cole%20subsp.%20montis-cole |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=14 July 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=Grevillea montis-cole subsp. montis-cole |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/303eb263-9616-4f6c-9760-0bfa720c1988 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=14 July 2022}}
Evidence from preliminary genetic data combined with morphological and habitat differences indicates that Grevillea montis-cole subsp. brevistyla may require recognition as a distinct species.{{cite journal |last1=Holmes|first1=Gareth|last2=Downing|first2=Trisha|last3=James|first3=Elizabeth|last4=Blacket|first4=Mark|last5=Hoffmann|first5=Ary|last6=Bayly|first6=Michael|title=Phylogeny of the holly grevilleas (Proteaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|date=2014|volume=27|issue=1|pages=56–77|doi=10.1071/SB13045|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/sb/pdf/SB13045|doi-access=free}}
Distribution and habitat
Subspecies brevistyla occurs on the upper slopes of Mount Langi Ghiran at an altitude of {{cvt|800–900|m}} among granitic outcrops. Other plant species found in close proximity include bundy (Eucalyptus goniocalyx), shiny tea-tree (Leptospermum turbinatum), wedge-leaf hop-bush (Dodonaea viscosa subsp. cuneata), hairy correa (Correa aemula), violet kunzea (Kunzea parvifolia) and cranberry heath (Astroloma humifusum).{{cite web|title=Langi Ghiran Grevillea - Action Statement|publisher=Department of Sustainability and Environment|url=https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/32627/Langi_Ghiran_Grevillea_Grevillea_montis-cole_subsp._brevistyla.pdf|access-date=14 July 2022}}
Subspecies montis-cole occurs in Mount Cole State Forest. It grows as an understorey shrub in tall eucalypt forest on soil derived from decomposed granite at an altitude of about {{cvt|500–900|m}}.
Conservation status
Subspecies brevistyla is listed as "Vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, "threatened" in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, and as "Vulnerable in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.{{rp|26}}
Subspecies montis-cola is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.{{rp|26}}
References
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)