Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Grevillea reptans
Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea reptans Makinson , legitimate, scientific
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Appendix: Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 500 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Burrum Heads road, 18 miles [ c. 29 km] NNE of Howard, Qld, Sept. 1966, C.H.Gittins 1215; holo: BRI; iso: K."
  • Etymology: "The epithet, from the Latin reptans (creeping - without the sometimes associated notion of rooting along the stems), alludes to the often scandent to prostrate habit of the long, slender wandering branches."
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 231-232, Fig. 21, Map 212 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea linearifolia f. 'a' (villous-flowered Queensland form) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Grevillea sp. aff. leiophylla [n/a] common name: Tin Can Bay Grevillea [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
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 reptans (Makinson) Christenh. & Byng legitimate