Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Grevillea heliosperma
Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea heliosperma R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 176 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In Novae Hollandiae ora septentrionali; Carpentaria: prope littora. (ubi v.v.)"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 69 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 452 [secondary reference]
Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 322 [secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 219 [secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 229 BHL [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 61 [secondary reference]
Brennan, K.G. (1986), Wildflowers of Kakadu: 17. Pl. 14 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 70 [secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 235, 256-257 (fig., map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Greek, helios, the sun, and sperma, a seed: refers to the flat, round seed."
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Proteaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 470, Fig. 144B [secondary reference]
common name: Rock Grevillea [n/a]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 215-217 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: North Coast [QLD or NT], R.Brown Iter Austral. 3320; lecto: K; isolecto: BM, E.
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 123, Fig. 35 [secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 192-193 (Plate 158, fig., map) [secondary reference]
common name: anbardbard (Mayali) [n/a] common name: yalyana (Yanyula) [n/a] common name: djamuda (Bardi) [n/a] common name: yilingbirradangwa yiningkwurra (Anindilyakara, Groote Eylandt) [n/a] common name: Red Grevillea [n/a] common name: andjengerrer (Mayali) [n/a] common name: Rock Grevillea [n/a]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 169 [secondary reference]
common name: Rock Grevillea [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The name heliosperma is derived from the Latin helios = sun and sperma = seed; the seed body and the surrounding whitish membranous wing have a sun-like aspect."
  • Vernacular: jamoordoo (Bardi)
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]
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A: 117, Plate 15, Map 89 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea heliosperma 'red-flowered assortment' [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, 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: 84 [basionym]
basionym of: Hakea heliosperma (R.Br.) Christenh. & Byng legitimate