Английская Википедия:Grevillea decurrens

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Grevillea decurrens, also known as the clothes-peg tree,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or tree with divided leaves, the lobes elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and conical groups of pink or cream-coloured flowers.

Description

Grevillea decurrens is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt. Its leaves are pinnatipartite with seven to thirteen elliptic to egg-shaped pliable lobes with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged in groups with up to six conical to cylindrical branches, the flowers arranged on one side of a rachis Шаблон:Cvt long and opening from the base, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are pink or cream-coloured, sometimes with a pink tinge, the pistil Шаблон:Cvt long and glabrous. Flowering occurs from November to March and the fruit is a more or less spherical follicle Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Grevillea decurrens was first formally described in 1917 by Alfred James Ewart in The Flora of the Northern Territory from specimens collected by Walter Scott Campbell in 1911.[5][6] The specific epithet (decurrens) means "decurrent".[2][7]

Distribution and habitat

This grevillea grows in open, tropical woodland in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and as far south as Derby, and from TimberCreek to Darwin including Melville Island and east to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[2][3][4]

Conservation status

Grevillea decurrens is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, as it is widely distributed and does not face any major threats, either currently or in the near future.[8]

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