Grevillea buxifolia
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Grevillea buxifolia, commonly known as grey spider flower,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and woolly-hairy clusters of rust-coloured to fawn flowers.
Description
Grevillea buxifolia is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of Template:Cvt. The leaves are egg-shaped, narrowly oblong to elliptic, Template:Cvt long and Template:Cvt wide with the edges turned down or rolled under. The flowers are arranged in clusters on the ends of branchlets and are covered with woolly, rust-coloured to fawn and whitish hairs, the pistil Template:Cvt long. Flowering mainly occurs from spring to autumn and the fruit is a usually hairy, oval follicle Template:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1794 by James Edward Smith who gave it the name Embothrium boxifolium in his A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland.[3][4] In 1810, Robert Brown changed the name to Grevillea buxifolia in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[5] The specific epithet (buxifolia) means "box-tree-leaved".[6]
The names of two subspecies of G. buxifolia are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
- Grevillea buxifolia (Sm.) R.Br. subsp. buxifolia[7] has a conspicuous appendage usually Template:Cvt long on the style;[8][9]
- Grevillea buxifolia subsp. ecorniculata Olde & Marriott[10] usually lacks a style appendage, but if present, it is less than Template:Cvt long.[11][12]
Distribution and habitat
Grey spider flower grows in woodland or heath in New South Wales, on the South Coast, Central Coast and inland to near Pigeon House Mountain west of Ulladulla.[1][2][13] Subspecies ecorniculata is restricted to the area between Putty, Gospers Mountain and Wollombi north-west of Sydney.[11][12]
Conservation status
Despite its relatively limited distribution, Grevillea buxifolia is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, as it is locally common, its population is presumed to be stable, it occurs within protected areas and there are no major threats currently affecting it. The main threat to this species is inappropriate fire regimes, meaning an increased frequency in bushfires.[14]
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