Grevillea_hockingsii

<i>Grevillea hockingsii</i>

Grevillea hockingsii

Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia

Grevillea hockingsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is an erect shrub with oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves and clusters of reddish-pink flowers.

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Description

Grevillea hockingsii is a dense, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) high and has ascending, silky-hairy branchlets. Its adult leaves are oblong to narrowly elliptic, 40–140 mm (1.6–5.5 in) long and 4–18 mm (0.16–0.71 in) wide. The lower surface of the leaves is silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the stems in clusters of two to ten 15–22 mm (0.59–0.87 in) long on a rachis 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long, each flower on a pedicel about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The flowers are reddish pink, hairy and slightly rust-coloured, the pistil 13–17.5 mm (0.51–0.69 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from June to December and the fruit is an elliptic to narrowly oval follicle 20–36 mm (0.79–1.42 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Grevillea hockingsii was first formally described in 2008 by Bill Molyneux and Peter M. Olde in the journal Telopea from specimens collected in the Coominglah State Forest, Queensland in 1989.[2][4] The specific epithet (hockingsii) honours Francis David Hockings who discovered the species in 1983.[2][5]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in the shrubby understorey of woodland or open forest in a three disjunct areas in south-eastern Queensland.[2]

Conservation status

Grevillea hockingsii is listed as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Grevillea hockingsii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. [2]
    Olde, Peter M.; Molyneux, William M. (1994). "Delimitation of two new species from the Grevillea victoriae alliance (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae)". Telopea. 5 (4): 784–786. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Grevillea hockingsii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Grevillea hockingsii". APNI. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Hockings, Francis David (1928 - 2017)". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Species profile—Grevillea hockingsii". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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