Grevillea hodgei, commonly known as the Coochin Hills grevillea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Queensland. It is an erect shrub with deeply divided leaves with erect, linear leaflets, and clusters of hairy, cream-coloured flowers.

Grevillea hodgei
Conservation status
Critically endangered  (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. hodgei
Binomial name
Grevillea hodgei Olde & Marriott[1]

Description

Grevillea hodgei is an erect shrub that typically grows a height of 1–4 m (3 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in). Its leaves are 60–190 mm (2.4–7.5 in) long and deeply divided, the leaflets linear, 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long and 1.5–2.8 mm (0.059–0.110 in) wide with the edges rolled under and obscuring most of the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in erect, cylindrical clusters on a rachis 20–80 mm (0.79–3.15 in) long. The flowers are cream-coloured, partly covered with brown hairs, the pistil 26–35 mm (1.0–1.4 in) long. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a woolly-hairy follicle 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in) long.[2]

Taxonomy

Grevillea hodgei was first formally described in 1994 by Peter M. Olde and Neil R. Marriott in The Grevillea Book from specimens Marriott collected near the Coochin Hills in the Glasshouse Mountains near Beerwah in 1992.[3] The specific epithet (hodgei) honours Mervyn William Hodge.[4]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows on rocky ledges in a few isolated places near Beerwah.[2]

Conservation status

Grevillea hodgei is listed as "critically endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992. The main threats to the species are land clearing, increasing urbanisation and inappropriate fire regimes.[5][6][7]

See also

• List of Grevillea species

References