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Table 1.

Breeding system and putative pollinators of some Grevillea species

Grevillea species Breeding system Floral visitors Conservation status Source
G. acanthifolia     ssp. stenomera Self‐compatible None seen Rare Smith (1997)
G. banksii Self‐compatible Common Herscovitch and Martin (1990)
G. beadleana Self‐compatible Birds, honeybees Endangered Smith (1997)
G. macleayana     (G. barklyana     ssp. macleayana) Self‐compatible Birds Rare Harriss and Whelan 1993; Vaughton (1996)
G. caleyi Self‐compatible? Birds Endangered Scott et al. (1995)
G. huegelii Self‐compatible Common Chivell and Carthew, unpub. cited in Goldingay and Carthew (1998)
G. laspicula Self‐incompatible Birds?, honeybees? Endangered Hoebee and Young (2001)
G. lavandulacea Self‐compatible Common Chivell and Carthew, unpub. cited in Goldingay and Carthew (1998)
G. leucopteris Self‐compatible Insects, honey possums Common Lamont (1982)
G. linearifolia Self‐compatible Common Hermanutz et al. (1998)
G. longifolia Self‐compatible Rare Hermanutz et al. (1998)
G. mucronulata Partially self‐compatible Birds, honeybees Common Hermanutz et al. (1998); Richardson et al. (2000)
G. muricata Self‐compatible Rare Chivell and Carthew, unpub. cited in Goldingay and Carthew (1998)
G. oleoides Partially self‐compatible Common Hermanutz et al. (1998)
G. paradoxa Self‐compatible Birds Common Olde and Marriott (1995)
G. robusta Self‐compatible? self‐incompatible Birds and mammals? Common Brough (1933); Kalinganire et al. (2000)
G. sericea Self‐compatible Insects? Common Olde and Marriott (1995)
G. scapigera Self‐incompatible Insects Endangered Rossetto et al. (1995); Rossetto (pers. comm., 2000)
G. sphacelata Partially self‐compatible. Self‐incompatible Honeybees Common Hermanutz et al. (1998) Richardson et al. (2000)
G. triternata Self‐compatible? Insects? Common Olde and Marriott (1995)
G. wilsonii Self‐compatible Common Collins and Grey (1988)

Nomenclature and conservation status follows Makinson (2000).