''Grevillea decora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is endemic to Queensland. It is an erect shrub or small tree with a single main stem, oblong, oval or egg-shaped leaves, and groups of pinkish red or pink flowers.

Description

''Grevillea decora'' is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of and has a single main stem. Its leaves are oblong, oval or egg-shaped, long and wide, the lower surface densely silky-hairy. The flowers are arranged near the ends of the branchlets on a one-sided rachis long, the

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long. Flowering time varies with subspecies and the fruit is a follicle long.

Taxonomy

''Grevillea decora'' was first formally described in 1921 by Karel Domin in the journal ''

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'' from specimens he collected near Pentland in 1910. The

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(''decora'') means "beautiful". In 2000,

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described two subspecies in the '' Flora of Australia'' and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census: * ''Grevillea decora'' Domin subsp. ''decora'' has branchlets covered with mostly rusty-brown hairs, leaves long, rusty-brown flower buds, a pistil long and flowers from January to September; * ''Grevillea decora'' subsp. ''telfordii'' Domin has branchlets covered with mostly silvery-grey hairs, leaves long, pinkish flower buds, a pistil long and flowers mainly from March to June.

Distribution and habitat

Subspecies ''decora'' grows in woodland shrubland in shallow soil over sandstone and occurs in patchy locations along the ranges of inland eastern Queensland from near Wandoan to near Pentland but subspecies ''telfordii'' grows in heath and forest near

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in far north Queensland.

Conservation status

''G. decora'' is listed as Least Concern on the

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. Both subspecies of are listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government '' Nature Conservation Act 1992''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q3116550, from2=Q100453136, from3=Q66104341 decora Proteales of Australia Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Karel Domin Plants described in 1921