Grevillea

Grevillea
	Grevillea banksii in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Embothrieae
Subtribe:	Hakeinae
Genus:	Grevillea; R.Br. ex Knight
Species
	See List of Grevillea species
Synonyms
	List Anadenia R.Br.; Conogyne (R.Br.) Spach; Cycloptera (R.Br.) Spach; Eriostylis (R.Br.) Spach nom. illeg.; Grevillea [infragen.] Manglesia (Endl.) Asch. & Graebn.; Grevillea sect. Conogyne R.Br.; Grevillea sect. Cycloptera R.Br.; Grevillea sect. Eriostylis R.Br.; Grevillea sect. Lissostylis R.Br.; Grevillea sect. Lysanthe (Salisb. ex Knight) Kuntze; Grevillea sect. Lysianthe Kuntze orth. var.; Grevillea sect. Manglesia (Endl.) Meisn.; Grevillea sect. Plagiopoda R.Br.; Grevillea sect. Ptychocarpa R.Br.; Grevillea subg. Manglesia (Endl.) Meisn.; Grevillia Knight orth. var.; Lissostylis (R.Br.) Spach nom. illeg., nom. superfl.; Lysanthe Salisb. ex Knight nom. rej.; Manglesia Endl.; Plagiopoda (R.Br.) Spach; Ptychocarpa (R.Br.) Spach; Stylurus Salisb. ex Knight; ;

Grevillea (/ɡrɪˈvɪliə/), commonly known as spider flowers, is a genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. Plants in the genus Grevillea are shrubs, rarely trees, with the leaves arranged alternately along the branches, the flowers zygomorphic, arranged in racemes at the ends of branchlets, and the fruit a follicle that splits down one side only, releasing one or two seeds.

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