Grevillea steiglitziana, also known as Brisbane Range grevillea, Brisbane Ranges grevillea or Steiglitz Grevillea,[1] is a spreading shrub which is endemic to Victoria, Australia.

Brisbane Ranges grevillea
Grevillea steiglitziana in the Brisbane Ranges National Park.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Grevillea
Species:	G. steiglitziana
Binomial name
Grevillea steiglitziana N.A.Wakef.

Description

It typically grows a height of 0.7 to 2 m (2 ft 4 in to 6 ft 7 in) and has a spreading habit. It has deep green lobed leaves that resemble holly leaves with the same prickly margins.[2] The flowers, which are greenish-brown with red styles, appear between September and January (early spring to mid summer) in its native range.

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Norman Wakefield in as a part of the work Flora of Victoria: New species and other additions that was published in Victorian Naturalist in 1956.[1]

Distribution

Grevillea steiglitziana occurs in dry sclerophyll forest in the Brisbane Ranges. It is named after the town of Steiglitz, Victoria. At Brisbane Ranges National Park west of Melbourne, which was invaded by Phytophthora cinnamomi in the 1970s, Grevillea steiglitziana (along with such species as Banksia marginata) was part of a secondary regrowth of understory species after more resistant shrubs such as grasses and sedges had grown back.[3]

The species is listed as "Rare in Victoria" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[4]

References

• "Grevillea steiglitziana". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.

External links

• "Grevillea steiglitziana Wakef". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

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