''Grevillea molyneuxii'', commonly known as Wingello grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Proteaceae The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to a restricted area of south-eastern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic to linear leaves and cylindrical clusters of reddish flowers.

Description

''Grevillea molyneuxii'' is a spreading to weakly erect shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic to linear, long, wide and sometimes sharply-pointed. The upper surface of the leaves is smooth and the lower side is silky-hairy, sometimes hidden by the downturned edges of the leaves. The flowers are arranged in clusters of 5 to 15 on the ends of the branches on a peduncle long. The flowers are red or reddish, the

pistil Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...

long. Flowering occurs from August to November, and the fruit is an oval to elliptic follicle long.

Taxonomy

''Grevillea molyneuxii'' was first formally described in 1986 by Donald McGillivray in his book ''New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae)'' from specimens collected near Wingello in 1973. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''molyneuxii'') honours the horticulturalist William Mitchell Molyneux.

Distribution and habitat

Wingello grevillea grows in moist heath and shrubland in a few sites near Penrose in south-eastern New South Wales.

Conservation status

''Grevillea molyneuxii'' is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government ''

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 The ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and cultu ...

'' and as "vulnerable" under the New South Wales Government '' Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''. The main threats to the species include its small population size and distribution, inappropriate fire regimes and digging by animals such as pigs.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5607970 molyneuxii Proteales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Donald McGillivray Plants described in 1986