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grevillea

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.

xI> = 10.

Grevillea

Distribution
from USDA
s Africa; Pacific Islands (New Caledonia, New Guinea, Sulawesi); Australia (including Tasmania) [Introduced in North America; introduced also widely in tropical and subtropical areas]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species ca. 365 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 10. Treatment author: Peter H. Weston.
Parent taxa Proteaceae
Subordinate taxa
G. robusta
Name authority R. Brown ex Knight: Cult. Prot., xvii, 120. (1809) — (as Grevillia), name and orthography conserved
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