Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'

For the racing driver Robyn Gordon, part of AAGR, see All-American Girl Racing.

Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'
Hybrid parentageGrevillea banksii × Grevillea bipinnatifida
Cultivar'Robyn Gordon'
OriginSelected by David Gordon at "Myall Park", Glenmorgan, Queensland

Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' is a grevillea cultivar which has been planted widely in Australia and other countries.

Description

It is a shrub that grows to two metres high and three metres wide, with divided leaves. The deep red inflorescences are about 15 cm long by 9 cm wide[1] and attract honeyeaters.

Origins

The cultivar was a chance cross between a red-flowered form of Grevillea banksii and G. bipinnatifida, selected by the late plant collector David Gordon, late of Myall Park Botanic Garden, Queensland, for its prolific and sustained flowering.[2] Trials, which began in 1963, demonstrated stability in its characteristics and it was released to the nursery trade in 1968. It was registered in 1973 under the name 'Robyn Gordon' in memory of his daughter who died in 1969, aged 16.[3][4]

There are separate hybrids of Grevillea 'Sandra Gordon', G. 'Merinda Gordon', and G. 'Dorothy Gordon'.[5]

Allergies

Along with a number of other grevilleas in the Robyn Gordon group of cultivars,[4] it may cause allergic contact dermatitis for certain sensitive individuals who come into contact with it.[6]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Stewart, Angus (2001). Gardening on the Wild Side. Sydney: ABC Books. p. 105. ISBN 0-7333-0791-4.
  2. ^ "Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'". List of Registered Cultivars derived from Australian native flora. Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  3. ^ Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, 'Dave Gordon, botanical collector', http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/gordon-david.html, updated 13 November 2007.
  4. ^ a b Grevillea "Robyn Gordon" and Similar Cultivars article, Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) http://anpsa.org.au/g-super1.html Archived 15 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Australian National Botanic Gardens, "Gordon, David Morrice (1899-2001)", viewed July 2, 2012, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/gordon-david.html Archived 14 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ *Menz J, Rossi ER, Taylor WC, Wall L (September 1986). "Contact dermatitis from Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'". Contact Derm. 15 (3): 126–31. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01311.x. PMID 2946534.


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