Grevillea |
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grevillea |
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Inflorescences | unbranched or 2–4[–20]-branched. |
Flowers | nectary solitary, ventral [surrounding pistil], crescent-shaped [to oblong or annular, rarely 4-lobed or absent]; pistil diagonally oriented; ovary stipitate [sessile]; style slightly sinuous [straight to curved, hooked, or bent], tip modified as ± radially symmetrical [to strongly oblique] pollen presenter; stigma terminal [ventral]. |
Follicles | sessile. |
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Grevillea |
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Distribution |
s Africa; Pacific Islands (New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sulawesi); Australia (including Tasmania) [Introduced in North America; introduced also widely in tropical and subtropical areas] |
Discussion | Species ca. 365 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
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Name authority | R. Brown ex Knight: Cult. Prot., xvii, 120. (1809) — (as Grevillia), name and orthography conserved |
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