Taxon: Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br.

Common names:

• Australian silky-oak   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• silky-oak   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Ausrtaliese selwereik   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: graft stock; ornamental; shade/shelter   (fide Proteas 80. 1993; Dict Econ Pl, shade/shelter in coffee plantations)
  
• Fuels: potential as fuelwood   (fide Firewood Cr)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales [n.e.], Queensland [s.e.]

References:

• Anderson, R. 1968. The trees of New South Wales. (Trees NSWales)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
• Francis, W. D. & G. M. Chippendale. 1970. Australian rain-forest trees. (Trees AustRF)
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia. (F Aust)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
• Matthews, L. 1993. Proteas of the world. (Proteas) 80.
• McGillivray, D. J. 1993. Grevillea, Proteaceae. (Grevillea) 107.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. (Firewood Cr)
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. (Dict Econ Pl)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Grevillea robusta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Grevillea robusta. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• ABIF: Australian Biodiversity Information Facility's Flora of Australia online
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Grevillea robusta cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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