Grevillea flexuosa Meisn. (1845:558)
Tangled grevillea, Zig Zag grevillea
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Anadenia flexuosa Lindl. in Sketch Veg. Swan R.: 31 (1839); Hakea flexuosa (Lindl.) Christenh. & Byng in Global Fl. 4: 82 (2018); Grevillea flexuosa var. pauciloba Benth. in Fl. Austral. 5: 480 (1870)
Reduced to a synonym of G. synapheae by (McGillivray, 1993), then reinstated by (Olde & Marriott, 1993:260,262).
Conservation Status
Last record: pre-1839 (O'Donoghue & Atkins, 2000:25; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:18)
Rediscovered in 1985 by Mrs Gwen Abbott (Olde & Marriott, 1993:262; O'Donoghue & Atkins, 2000:25; Silcock et al., 2019:SM:18)
Distribution
Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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O'Donoghue, Mike and Atkins, Ken. (2000). Lost Jewels in the Bush. Landscope 15(3): 23-27.
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