Grevillea sessilis

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

Grevillea sessilis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Proteales
Family:  | Proteaceae
Genus:  | Grevillea
Species:  |

G. sessilis

Binomial name
Grevillea sessilis

C.T.White & W.D.Francis[1]

Grevillea sessilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with divided leaves and cylindrical clusters of white flowers with a creamy-white or greenish yellow style.

## Description[edit]

Grevillea sessilis is shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 2–6 m (6 ft 7 in – 19 ft 8 in). Its leaves are 50–160 mm (2.0–6.3 in) long and pinnatipartite with 5 to 18 narrowly egg-shaped or oblong lobes 25–80 mm (0.98–3.15 in) long and 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in cylindrical clusters along a rachis 50–180 mm (2.0–7.1 in) long, the pistil 17.5–31 mm (0.69–1.22 in) long. The flowers are white with a creamy-white or yellowish green style with a green tip. Flowering occurs from April to December and the fruit is a hairy follicle 12.5–15 mm (0.49–0.59 in) long.[2]

## Taxonomy[edit]

Grevillea sessilis was first formally described in 1926 by Cyril Tenison White and William Douglas Francis from specimens collected by Jess Young near Torrens Creek.[3][4]

## Distribution and habitat[edit]

This grevillea grows in open woodland or shrubland in shallow soil over sandstone on low mountain ranges between Cairns, Springsure and Theodore in eastern Queensland.[2]

## Conservation status[edit]

Grevillea sessilis is listed as "not threatened" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Grevillea sessilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
2. ^ a b "Grevillea sessilis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. ^ "Grevillea sessilis". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
4. ^ White, Cyril T.; Francis, William D. (1926). "Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 37: 165–166.
5. ^ "Species profile—Grevillea sessilis". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5608018
* Wikispecies: Grevillea sessilis
* APNI: 63510
* CoL: 3HCYN
* FoAO2: Grevillea sessilis
* GBIF: 3998723
* IPNI: 704050-1
* IUCN: 113082063
* Open Tree of Life: 6128608
* Plant List: kew-2832740
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704050-1
* Tropicos: 100345559
* WFO: wfo-0000709584

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