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Table 1. 
Vegetative and Floral Characters of the Grevillea brachystylis complex 
TAXON 
G. brachystylis 
subsp. brachystylis 
G. brachystylis 
subsp. australis 
G. bronwenae 
HABIT 
Prostrate stems 
from lignotuber 
Erect and prostrate 
from lignotuber 
Erect, no 
lignotuber 
BRANCHING 
Many stems 
Many stems 
Few stems 
RESPONSE TO FIRE 
Resprouts 
Resprouts 
Killed 
LEAF 
Length (mm) 
64-87 
62-91 
104-127 
Colour underneath 
White 
White 
Green 
Width (mm) 
8-10 
9-10 
4.5 
Position 
INFLORESCENCE BRACT 
Erect 
(at 90°) 
Erect 
Spreading 
(at 45-60°) 
length (mm) 
5 
5 
7 
BRACTEOLE length (mm) 
Persistent, 4 
Persistent, 4 
Caducous, 2 
PEDICEL length (mm) 
6-8 
6-8 
3. 5-4.5 
PERIANTH length (mm) 
7-8 
7-9 
11-14 
POLLEN PRESENTER 
colour 
Red 
Purple 
Purple 
