Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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2045.000 Grevillea
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, variously and sometimes deeply pinnatifid. Inflorescence many-flowered (in ours). Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, paired in the axil of each bract. Ovules 2. Fruit a follicle. Seeds winged. Derivation of name: for Charles Francis Greville, 1749-1809, English politician and horticulturist. Worldwide: 260 species, Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and Indonesia. Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| banksii R. Br. | |
| biternata Meisn. | |
| linearifolia (Cav.) Druce | |
| robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Grevillea:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: GrevilleaFlora of Zambia: Grevillea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Grevillea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): GrevilleaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Grevillea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Grevillea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Grevillea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Grevillea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Grevillea
JSTOR Plant Science: Grevillea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Grevillea
Plants of the World Online: Grevillea
Tropicos: Grevillea
Wikipedia: Grevillea
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