{{Short description|Species of shrub endemic to Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox | name = Caley's grevillea | image = Grevillea caleyi murray fagg.jpg | image_caption = In Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra | genus = Grevillea | species = caleyi | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="IUCN"/> | status2 = CR | status2_system = EPBC | status2_ref = <ref name="SPRAT"></ref> | authority = R.Br.<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/109005 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="APC" /> | synonyms = * ''Grevillea blechnifolia'' <small>Hook. nom. inval., pro syn.</small> * ''Stylurus caleyi'' <small>(R.Br.) Pedro nom. rej.</small> }}
'''''Grevillea caleyi''''', also known as '''Caley's grevillea''', is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, and is endemic to a restricted area around the Terrey Hills and Belrose area in New South Wales. It is an open, spreading shrub, growing up to {{cvt|4|m}} tall with deeply divided leaves with linear lobes, and fawn flowers with a maroon to red style.
==Description== ''Grevillea caleyi'' is an open, spreading shrub that typically grows {{cvt|1–4|m}} tall and up to {{cvt|4|m}} wide. It has characteristic, deeply divided "herringbone" leaves that are comparatively large in size, {{cvt|70–180|mm}} long and {{cvt|30–75|mm}} wide with 19 to 36 linear to lance-shaped lobes, with the narrower end towards the base. The lobes are {{cvt|15–35|mm}} long, {{cvt|2–6|mm}} wide with the edges turned downwards, and hairy on the lower surface.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="ABRS" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Olde |first1=Peter |title=The Grevillea Book |last2=Marriott |first2=Neil |publisher=Kangaroo Press |year=1995 |isbn=0-86417-326-1 |edition=2nd |pages=79–80}}</ref>
The flowers are arranged in toothbrush-like groups on a rachis {{cvt|40–80|mm}} long. The perianth is fawn with a villous outside. The pistil is {{cvt|25-28|mm}} long with a maroon-red style and a green pollen presenter at the tip. The pistil is {{cvt|25–28|mm}} long and the style is glabrous. Flowering is sporadic and occurs throughout the year, mostly from August to December. Fruit is a woolly hairy follicle {{cvt|17–21|mm}} long with reddish brown stripes or blotches. A single, woody ellipsoidal seed {{cvt|15-20|mm}} long and {{cvt|4-5|mm}} wide is contained inside each follicle.<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Grevillea~caleyi |access-date=24 December 2021 |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney}}</ref><ref name="ABRS">{{cite web |last1=Makinson |first1=Robert O. |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Grevillea%20caleyi |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="lucid">{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/grevillea_caleyi.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |editor-last=Howes |editor-first=Jeff |editor2-last=Clarke |editor2-first=Dan |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' Caley's grevillea |url=https://resources.austplants.com.au/plant/grevillea-caleyi/ |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=Australian Plants Society NSW |publication-date=7 August 2021}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
It is a distinctive and easily recognisable species, most closely related to ''G. aspleniifolia''.<ref name=":2" />
==Taxonomy== ''Grevillea caleyi'' was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in ''Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae''. The specific epithet and common name honours George Caley, who collected the holotype specimens in 1805 near Port Jackson.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/540153 |access-date=8 February 2022 |publisher=APNI}}</ref><ref name="R.Br.">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77294#page/536/mode/1up |title=Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae |date=1830 |location=London |page=22 |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="environment">{{cite web |title=Conservation Advice ''Grevillea caleyi'' (Caley's grevillea) |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/9683-conservation-advice-11052018.pdf |access-date=7 February 2022 |publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== Caley's grevillea is restricted to an area of {{cvt|64|km2}} in the suburbs of Terrey Hills, Belrose and Ingleside, and the endangered ecological community of Duffys Forest. It grows in woodland on iron-rich laterite sandstone soils on ridgetops between elevations of {{convert|170 to 240|m|ft}} above sea level in open forest.<ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn|title=''Grevillea caleyi''|article-number=e.T112648700A113309255|author=Auld, T.|year=2020|volume=2020|access-date=21 December 2023|author2=Makinson, R.|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112648700A113309255.en}}</ref><ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="DEC">{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Judith |last2=Auld |first2=Tony |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' R.Br. (Proteaceae) Recovery Plan |url=https://nswdpe.intersearch.com.au/nswdpejspui/bitstream/1/11425/1/grevillea-caleyi-recovery-plan.pdf |publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="OEH">{{cite web |title=Caley's Grevillea - profile |url=https://threatenedspecies.bionet.nsw.gov.au/profile?id=10361 |access-date=1 October 2024 |publisher=New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage}}</ref>
Species commonly associated with ''G. caleyi'' include the trees ''Corymbia gummifera, Eucalyptus sieberi'', ''Eucalyptus haemastoma'', ''Banksia serrata'' and ''Xylomelum pyriforme'', the shrubs ''Acacia myrtifolia, Banksia spinulosa, Conospermum longifolium, Grevillea buxifolia, Hakea dactyloides, Lambertia formosa, Pimelea linifolia'' and ''Telopea speciosissima'' and herbaceous plants including ''Anisopogon avenaceus, Dampiera stricta, Lomandra glauca, Lomandra obliqua'' and ''Pteridium esculentum.''<ref name="DEC" /> [[File:Caley's grevillea seed pods 1.jpg|thumb|Close-up of mature follicles]]
==Ecology== ''Grevillea caleyi'' is killed by fire, and since it does not form a lignotuber and does not propagate by suckering, it relies entirely on seed that is stored in the soil for regeneration. Seedlings can grow without bushfires, however, they sprout in large numbers after recent bushfires, suggesting that the seeds may remain dormant in the soil until growth is stimulated, perhaps by intense heat, smoke or exposure to bright sunlight.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Burke |first=Don |title=Growing Grevilleas |publisher=Kangaroo Press |year=1983 |isbn=0-949924-54-7}}</ref><ref name="OEH" />
Due to fecundity being low (only approximately 3% of flowers resulting in seed), seed dispersal being low and seed predation being high, it is estimated that it takes 8–12 years for a sufficient seedbank to develop to be able to replace a population. Generally, seedlings are not able to produce flowers or seeds before 2–5 years of age.<ref name="environment" /><ref name="OEH" />
This species is pollinated by birds. Through casual observations, the likely common pollinators for this species include honeyeaters such as New Holland, white-eared and white cheeked, silvereyes, Little wattlebirds and Eastern spinebills. It is thought this species may be self-compatible as well.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="OEH" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' R. Br. (Proteaceae) Recovery Plan |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Recovery-plans/grevillea-caleyi-recovery-plan.pdf |journal=Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) |publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation |publication-place=Hurstville |publication-date=2004 |isbn=0-7313-6907-6}}</ref>
==Conservation status== [[File:Caley's grevillea inflorescense 3.jpg|thumb|Growing on road verge in Terrey Hills]] Caley's grevillea is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, as well as under the Australian Government's ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' and the New South Wales Government's ''Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''.<ref name="IUCN" /><ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="OEH" /><ref name="SPRAT">{{Cite web |title=''Grevillea caleyi'' — Caley's Grevillea |url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=9683 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water}}</ref>
One of the greatest threats to this species is habitat loss through residential and commercial development. Approximately 85% of this species' suitable habitat has been cleared, with much of it occurring in the 20th century. Additional clearing for the widening of Mona Vale Road is resulting in further loss of habitat and is likely to result in the loss of more ''G. caleyi'' plants. The current population is severely fragmented and its population and quality of its habitat is are in continuous decline, with current population estimates suggesting the number of mature individual plants may be as low as 500–1000.<ref name="environment" /> An assessment published by the IUCN in 2020 estimated the current extent of occurrence (EOO) of this species to be {{convert|37|km2|abbr=on}} and the area of occupancy at {{convert|8|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="IUCN" /><ref name="environment" /><ref name="OEH" /> [[File:Grevillea caleyi seed bagging.jpg|thumb|A worker from the Mount Annan Botanical Garden places a bag over the follicle or seed pod of a ''Grevillea caleyi'' to collect the seed inside.]] It became locally extinct in one area in 2011 and a quantitive analysis by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee suggests the likelihood of another local extinction is greater than 50% in the next three generations due to habitat loss in one particular area.<ref name="IUCN" />
Inappropriate fire regimes are another significant threat to the species. Fire is believed to play an important role in the recruitment process, as mature plants are uncommon in sites which have remained unburned for 15–20 years and seedlings sprout prolifically following bushfire events. Since individual plants take 2–5 years to reach maturity and 8–12 years are required to produce a sufficient number of seeds to regenerate a population after fire events, too frequent or too infrequent wildfires pose a major threat. Fires that occur too frequently would prevent plants from reaching maturity and producing a sufficient seedbank. Many populations are at risk of being heavily impacted or lost through too frequent fires.<ref name="IUCN" /><ref name="environment" />
Other significant, known threats to this species include weed invasion, particularly by Lantana (''Lantana camara''), Privet (''Ligustrum sp.''), Crofton weed (''Ageratina adenophora)'' Blackberry (''Rubus anglocandicans''), Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana), ''Cotoneaster sp.'' and ''Acacia saligna'', pathogens such as ''Phytophthora cinnamomi'', habitat disturbance through recreational activities (eg. bike trails, horse riding) and illegal rubbish dumping.<ref name="IUCN" /><ref name="environment" /><ref name="OEH" />
==Use in horticulture== Caley's grevillea is occasionally grown as an ornamental plant, and has been grown in a variety of gardens across Australia. Like most grevilleas, it grows best in well-drained, acidic, gravelly or sandy loam soil in a sunny position for optimal flowering, though it will also grow in some shade. It tolerates frosts to at least {{cvt|-6|C|F}} and can tolerate extended dry periods, but not drought. It is usually propagated from seed and will self-sow in the garden, but it may also be readily propagated from cuttings or grafted onto rootstock, usually ''G. robusta'', which allows it to grow in a wider variety of soils.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Howes |first1=Jeff |last2=Clarke |first2=Dan |date=7 August 2021 |title=Grevillea caleyi |url=https://resources.austplants.com.au/plant/grevillea-caleyi/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Australian Plants Society NSW}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Grevillea caleyi |url=https://www.nurseriesonline.com.au/plant-index/australian-native-plants/grevillea-caleyi/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Nurseries Online|date=3 August 2018 }}</ref> Grafted ''G. caleyi'' tend to be hardier and live longer than plants grown from seed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2002 |title=Grafting Grevillea caleyi |url=https://anpsa.org.au/APOL30/jun03-14.html |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Australian Plants Online}}</ref>
It hybridises easily with other related grevillea species, such as with ''G. aspleniifolia'' and ''G. longifolia,'' which has resulted in a large variety of hybrids and cultivars becoming available, including several 'Poorinda' varieties such as 'Poorinda Empress' and 'Poorinda Emblem'.<ref name=":2" /> The cultivar Grevillea 'Ivanhoe' is said to be a hybrid between ''G. caleyi'' and ''G. longifolia''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Dan |date=15 August 2021 |title=Grevillea 'Ivanhoe' (cultivar) |url=https://resources.austplants.com.au/plant/grevillea-ivanhoe/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Australian Plants Society NSW}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2709075}}
caleyi Category:Flora of New South Wales Category:Proteales of Australia Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Category:Plants described in 1830