Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Grevillea agrifolia
Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea agrifolia A.Cunn. ex R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (1830), Proteaceas Novas. Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae: 24 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Ora septentr.-occident., 1819. D. Cunningham."
Dietrich, D.N.F. (1839), Synopsis Plantarum 1: 529 BHL [secondary reference]
Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(5-6): 705 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Grevillea aquifolium Lindl. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 69, 142 [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]
McGillivray, D.J. (28 July 1975), Australian Proteaceae: New taxa and notes. Telopea 1(1): 24 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Grevillea angulata Nob Mermaids 2d Voyage No. 411 Gr. agrifolia Cunningh." (label, in Robert Brown's script, located at lower left of sheet); excluding the specimen at upper left labelled "Mermaids 3rd Voy. No. 12.". (BM)."
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea agrifolia var. major Ewart & B.Rees legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 60 [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: 197-198 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea agrifolia var. major Ewart & B.Rees legitimate
  • Etymology: "From the old genus name, Agrifolium, later made synonymous with Aquifolium and then included in Ilex, the holly. Refers to the holly-like leaves."
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Proteaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 464-465, Fig. 141A [secondary reference]
common name: Blue Grevillea [n/a]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision: 210-211, 403 [secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1 April 1993), A taxonomic revision of Grevillea angulata (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) and closely related species from the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Telopea 5(2): 413 [secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2: 17-18 (Plate 10, fig., map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Grevillea agrifolia var. major Ewart & B.Rees legitimate common name: wurrgan (Kwini) [n/a] common name: Blue Grevillea [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The specific name is derived from the Latin aeger (weak, ill) and folium (a leaf), in reference to the type collection having chewed, tatty leaves."
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: 128 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in the NT.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
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: 76 [basionym]
basionym of: Hakea agrifolia (A.Cunn. ex R.Br.) Christenh. & Byng legitimate
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