Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Grevillea speciosa
Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea speciosa (Knight) McGill. , legitimate, scientific
McGillivray, D.J. (28 July 1975), Australian Proteaceae: New taxa and notes. Telopea 1(1): 24 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Lysanthe speciosa Knight legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 179 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. legitimate
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales 2: 49 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Grevillea speciosa (Knight) McGill. subsp. speciosa legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. legitimate common name: Red Spider Flower [n/a]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 329-332 [secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 3: 177-178 (Plate 144, fig., map) [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Lysanthe speciosa Knight legitimate taxonomic synonym: Embothrium sericeum var. major Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea dubia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea var. crassifolia A.A.Ham. legitimate common name: Red Spider Flower [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet, from the Latin speciosus (showy), alludes to the nature of the plant."
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 205-206, Map 185 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Lysanthe speciosa Knight legitimate taxonomic synonym: Embothrium sericeum var. major Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea dubia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea var. crassifolia A.A.Ham. legitimate misapplication: Grevillea speciosa (Knight) McGill. subsp. speciosa legitimate by McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 329-332 common name: Red Spider Flower [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Lysanthe speciosa Knight legitimate taxonomic synonym: Embothrium sericeum var. major Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea dubia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea R.Br. var. punicea legitimate taxonomic synonym: Grevillea punicea var. crassifolia A.A.Ham. legitimate misapplication: Grevillea speciosa (Knight) McGill. subsp. speciosa legitimate by McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 329-332
  • APC Comment: Occasional hybrid swarms are known between this species and G. sericea subsp. sericea, and another between G. speciosa and G. oldei.
  • APC Dist.: NSW