Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (1830) , Proteaceas Novas. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae
24
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Ora orient., Moreton Bay, 1827.A. Cunningham."
Macarthur, W. & Moore, C. (1855) , Catalogue des collections de bois indigenes des differents districts de cette colonie
13, 22
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856) , Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1)
381
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Grevillea venusta R.Br. legitimate
by Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856) , Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1)
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
69
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
160
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
453
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Vernacular:
Tuggan Tuggan
Sulman, F. (1913) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1
12, 16-17, Plate VI, 198
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Domin, K. (1921) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
589
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn. legitimate
Ewart, A.J. (1925) , Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters
83-85, Pl. XXX
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Degener, O. (1932) , Fam. 98. Flora Hawaiiensis
.
[basionym]
basionym of:
Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex O.Deg. nom. rej.
Sleumer, H.O. (December 1955) , Proteaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(2)
156-157
[secondary reference]
Floyd, A.G. (1978) , Forestry Commission of New South Wales Research Note
14-15
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1
138
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
179
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Proteaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
29
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Floyd, A.G. (1989) , Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia
287 (fig.) -288
[secondary reference]
common name:
Southern Silky Oak [n/a]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family
313 (plate), 319-320 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn. legitimate
common name:
silky oak
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From Latin, robustus , robust; refers to the stature of the tree."
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales 2
53, pl. 4
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system
15, 33, 193, pl. 131(c), Code 989
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1
111, 128, 167, Code 989
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
common name:
Southern Silky Oak [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2
400, Code 989
[secondary reference]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993) , Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision
107-108
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Southern Silky Oak [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
198
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest
310
[secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995) , The Grevillea Book 3
front cover (photo), 142-143 (Plate 113, fig., map)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex O.Deg. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea robusta var. compacta Anon. legitimate
common name:
koomkabang (Bundaberg)
[n/a]
common name:
tuggan tuggan (Brisbane River)
[n/a]
common name:
warra-garria (Richmond and Clarence River tribes)
[n/a]
common name:
Salamander (Sri Lanka)
[n/a]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs
81
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1999) , Native Plants of Queensland 4
210
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000) , Appendix: Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A
496
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Qld, 'Ora orient, Moreton Bay, 1827, D.Cunningham .' [protologue]; lecto: 1827, A.Cunningham ; lecto (here chosen): K; isolecto: BM (1827, A.Cunningham ), ?C-DC."
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex O.Deg. nom. rej.
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000) , Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A
149, Map 128
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex O.Deg. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea robusta var. compacta Anon. legitimate
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
64
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
412
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex O.Deg. nom. rej.
common name:
Silky Oak [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br. var. robusta legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus robusta (A.Cunn. ex O.Deg. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea robusta var. compacta Anon. legitimate
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (9 February 2018) , GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1. The Global Flora: a practical flora to vascular plant species of the world 4
89
[basionym]
basionym of:
Hakea robusta (A.Cunn. ex Christenh. & M.W.Chase nom. illeg.
