Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Grevillea robusta
roble sedoso , roble australiano, árbol de fuego, silk oak, southern silky oak, australian silver oak
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Grevillea
Species
robusta
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1991
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Clavijo, P. Valdebenito, H. & Hurtado, F. (1991) Plantas introducidas en las areas urbanas de las islas Galapagos. Typescript reports in files of Botany Dept.
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Hokche, O. Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (2008) Nuev. Cat. Fl. Vas. Venezuela 1–860.
- Jørgensen, P.M. Ulloa, C. (1994) Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Motooka, P. (1987) El Papel de los herbicidas en el manejo de tierras para conservación Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Memorias.
- Stevens, W.D. Ulloa, C., Pool, A., & Montiel, O.M. (2001) Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: i–xlii, 1–2666.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Grevillea robusta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1680. Accessed 4 November 2026.