Английская Википедия:Grevillea polyacida

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Grevillea polyacida is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Top End of the Northern Territory in Australia. It is an open, erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the edges with sharply pointed teeth, and clusters of hairy, greenish flowers.

Description

Grevillea polyacida is an open, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt. Its leaves are egg-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with 15 to 31 sharply-pointed teeth on the edges, the lower surface covered with woolly hairs. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches on a rachis Шаблон:Cvt long and are greenish with tawny hairs, the pistil Шаблон:Cvt long and the style green to brown. Flowering mainly occurs from July to October and the fruit is an oblong, hairy follicle Шаблон:Cvt long.[1]

Taxonomy

Grevillea polyacida was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) from specimens collected on Eva Valley Station in 1973.[2] The specific epithet (polyacida) means "many points", referring to the sharp teeth on the leaves.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species occurs in the Top End of the Northern Territory, in eastern Arnhem Land, including Kakadu National Park, where it grows in eucalypt woodland on sandstone.[1][4]

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