Species

Grevillea robusta

Etymology

Grevillea: Named after Charles F. Greville (1749-1809), Earl of Warwick, Lord of the Admiralty, founder member of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1804, Vice President of the Royal Society.
robusta: sturdy

Common Name(s)

silky oak

Family

Proteaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

GREROB

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Flower Colours

Orange,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1988

Origin

Coastal Queensland and Northern N.S.W.

Reason For Introduction
Unknown

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010