# Musgravea
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{{Short description|Genus of trees from Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Musgraveaheterophyllaimm.JPG
| image_caption = Distinctive immature leaves of ''[Musgravea heterophylla](/source/Musgravea_heterophylla)''
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Musgravea
| authority = ([F.Muell.](/source/Ferdinand_von_Mueller))
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *''[Musgravea stenostachya](/source/Musgravea_stenostachya)''
*''[Musgravea heterophylla](/source/Musgravea_heterophylla)''
}}
'''''Musgravea''''' is a genus of rainforest tree from northeastern [Queensland](/source/Queensland).
It was published in 1890 by [Ferdinand von Mueller](/source/Ferdinand_von_Mueller), and named in honour of Sir [Anthony Musgrave](/source/Anthony_Musgrave), [Governor of Queensland](/source/Governor_of_Queensland) from 1883 to 1888. Together with its closest relative ''[Austromuellera](/source/Austromuellera)'', it lies within the subtribe [Musgraveinae](/source/Musgraveinae) of tribe [Banksieae](/source/Banksieae) in the subfamily [Grevilleoideae](/source/Grevilleoideae) of family [Proteaceae](/source/Proteaceae). After ''Austromuellera'', its closest relative is ''[Banksia](/source/Banksia)''.[{{cite encyclopedia | last = Hyland | first = B. P. M. | year = 1999 | title = ''Musgravea'' | editor = Wilson, Annette | encyclopedia = [Flora of Australia](/source/Flora_of_Australia_(series)) | volume = 17B: Proteaceae 3: Hakea to Dryandra | pages = 170–172 | publisher = [CSIRO Publishing](/source/CSIRO_Publishing) / [Australian Biological Resources Study](/source/Australian_Biological_Resources_Study) | isbn = 0-643-06454-0}}]
There are two species, ''[M. stenostachya](/source/Musgravea_stenostachya)'' (crater silky oak) and ''[M. heterophylla](/source/Musgravea_heterophylla)'' (briar silky oak). ''M. stenostachya'' is the [type species](/source/type_species) for the genus; it was published by Mueller at the same time as the genus. ''M. heterophylla'' was published in 1969 by [Lindsay Stuart Smith](/source/Lindsay_Stuart_Smith).