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Grevillea scapigera A.S.George (1974:274)

Corrigin grevillea

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Hakea scapigera (A.S.George) Christenh. & Byng in Global Fl. 4: 90 (2018)

 

Conservation Status

Last wild record: 1986 (O'Donoghue & Atkins, 2000:27)

Rediscovered in the wild in 1990 (Krauss et al., 2018)

 

Distribution

Corrigin area, Western Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

George, Alexander S. (1974). Seven new species of Grevillea (Proteaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 1: 370-374.

 

Other references:

Ayre, B. (2014). Genetic erosion and its consequences for the recovery of Grevillea scapigera. Hons thesis, UWA.

Bunn, E. and Dixon, K. W. (1992). In vitro propagation of the rare and endangered Corrigin Grevillea, Grevillea scapigera A. S. George (Proteaceae). HortScience 27(4): 261‑262.

Department of Environment and Conservation (2008). Corrigin grevillea (Grevillea scapigera) Recovery Plan. Interim Recovery Plan No. 224. Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia.

Dixon, B. (2004). The Corrigin Grevillea (Grevillea scapigera): An update. Australasian Plant Conservation 13(1): 14-15.

Dixon, Bob and Krauss, Siegy. (2001). Translocation of Grevillea scapigera: is it working? Danthonia 10(2): 2‑3.

Dixon, Bob and Krauss, Siegy. (2018). Threatened plant translocation case study: Grevillea scapigera (Corrigin Grevillea), Proteaceae. Australasian Plant Conservation 27(3): 22-25.

Funnekotter, Bryn, Mancera, Ricardo L. and Bunn, Eri. (2023). A Simple but Effective Combination of pH Indicators for Plant Tissue Culture. Plants 12(4): 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040740

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Grein, Shaun B. (1994). Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Corrigin. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth.

Krauss, Siegy L., Dixon, Bob, Ayre, Bronwyn and Anthony, Janet. (2018). Measuring and managing genetic erosion in plant reintroductions: Lessons from 20 years of genetic monitoring of the recovery of Grevillea scapigera (Proteaceae). PowerPoint presentation, 12th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference (APCC12): ‘Moving House – A New Age for Plant Translocation and Restoration’, 11-15 November 2018, Canberra (ACT).

Krauss, Siegy L, Dixon, Bob and Dixon, K. W. (2002). Rapid genetic decline in a translocated population of the endangered plant Grevillea scapigera. Conservation Biology 16(4): 986‑994.

Makinson, R. O. (2000). 41. Grevillea, pp. 20-450 [186-187]. In: Wilson, Annette J. G. (ed.). Flora of Australia Volume 17A, Proteaceae 2, Grevillea. Melbourne: ABRS/CSIRO Australia. xx + 524 pp.

O'Donoghue, Mike and Atkins, Ken. (2000). Lost Jewels in the Bush. Landscope 15(3): 23-27.

Rosetto, M., Weaver, P. K. and Dixon, K. W. (1995). Use of RAPD analysis in devising conservation strategies for the rare and endangered Grevillea scapigera (Proteaceae). Molecular Ecology 4: 321‑329.

Safstrom, Rod. (1997). Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Brookton. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth.

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

 

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