Gregory John Keighery

Australian botanist and entomologist.

Gregory John Keighery is an Australian botanist. Since 2003 he has been a senior research scientist at the Science and Conservation Division of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions of Western Australia (formerly the Department of Environment and Conservation then the Department of Parks and Wildlife). His main expertise is in the native plants of Western Australia, particularly weed flora and the Apiaceae, Liliaceae and Myrtaceae.

Abbreviations: Keighery
Occupations: scientific collector, entomologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Australia
Languages: English
Dates: 1950-00-00T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 118 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 125 plants, 0 fungi

118 plants attributed, 7 plants contributed to125 plants:

Grevillea maccutcheonii (Mccutcheon’s Grevillea) Keighery & Cranfield 1996
critically endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea maccutcheonii, commonly known as McCutcheon's grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a single location in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a densely-branched shrub with three-lobed, stem-clasping leaves, and clusters of reddish-green flowers. The total population of the species was estimated in 2007 to be seven mature plants.
Grevillea centristigma (McGill.) Keighery 1992
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea centristigma is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, compact to erect, rounded or spreading shrub with softly-hairy narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and deep yellow to orange flowers with a yellow, later brick-red style.
Actinotus laxus Keighery 1999
plant species in the apiaceae family
Actinotus laxus is a small plant in the Apiaceae family, endemic to the southwest coast of Western Australia. It has no synonyms.
Darwinia wittwerorum N.G.Marchant & Keighery 1980
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia wittwerorum, commonly known as Wittwer's mountain bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Western Australia. An erect, spindly shrub with fine leaves and hanging groups of flowers surrounded by leaf-like bracts, it is one of the darwinias known as mountain bells.
Darwinia oxylepis (Gillam's Bell) (Turcz.) N.G.Marchant & Keighery 1980
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia oxylepis, commonly known as Gillham's bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It grows as a dense, upright shrub 1.0–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) high, and produces large numbers of red inflorescences prominently displayed on the ends of the branchlets in spring. It is one of a group of Darwinias including D. leiostyla, D. macrostegia, D. meeboldii, D. collina and D. squarrosa collectively known as mountain bells. The species is found in only a few seasonally moist gullies near the lower slopes of the Stirling Range National Park and nearby Porongurup National Park and is therefore
Calectasia gracilis Keighery 2001
plant species in the dasypogonaceae family
Calectasia gracilis, commonly known as blue tinsel lily, is a species of plant in the family Dasypogonaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading, tufted, woody, perennial herb with blue petals and six yellow stamens that turn orange-red as they age. It is similar to the other species of Calectasia and has only been recognised as a separate species since a review of the genus in 2001.
Pileanthus septentrionalis Keighery 2002
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Pileanthus septentrionalis is a plant species of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. The spreading and open shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). It blooms between August and October producing white flowers. It is found on sand dunes in the Gascoyne and Pilbara regions of Western Australia around Northampton where it grows in sandy-loamy soils.
Pileanthus rubronitidus (Pileanthus Rubrinitidus) Keighery 2002
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Pileanthus rubrinitidus is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with brownish-red young branches, linear leaves triangular in cross section, and reddish-orange flowers.
Pileanthus bellus Keighery 2002
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Pileanthus bellus is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 3 metres (9.8 ft). It blooms between October and December producing pink flowers. It is found on sand dune in the Gascoyne and Mid West regions of Western Australia near Northampton and Shark Bay where it grows in sandy soils over sandstone.
Pileanthus aurantiacus Keighery 2002
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Pileanthus aurantiacus is a plant species of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. The upright woody shrub typically grows to a height of 2 metres (6.6 ft). It blooms in October producing orange flowers. It is found on flats, sand plains and dune slopes in the Mid West region of Western Australia near Northampton where it grows in sandy soils over limestone.
Patersonia spirafolia Keighery 1990
plant species in the iridaceae family
Patersonia spirafolia (common name - spiral-leaved Patersonia) is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It was first described by Gregory John Keighery in 1990. There are no synonyms.
Hypocalymma uncinatum Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma uncinatum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub, with linear leaves, and white flowers with 25 to 35 stamens.
Hypocalymma tenuatum Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma tenuatum, commonly known as Lesueur myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub, with linear leaves, and white or pale yellow flowers with 20 to 25 stamens.
Hypocalymma sylvestris ('hypocalymma Sylvestris') Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma sylvestre commonly known as Chittering myrtle, is a species of flowering in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub, with broadly egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves, and pale yellow flowers with 100 to 200 stamens in several rows.
Hypocalymma serrulatum Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma serrulatum commonly known as early myrtle, is a species of flowering in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub, with linear leaves, and white or pink flowers with 40 to 55 stamens.
Hypocalymma melaleucoides Gardner ex Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma melaleucoides, commonly known as Fitzgerald myrtle, is a member of the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Fitzgerald River National Park in the south of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with linear leaves that are round in cross-section, and bright pink flowers, with 35 to 55 stamens in several rows.
Hypocalymma jessicae (Barrens Myrtle) Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma jessicae, commonly known as Barrens myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub, with narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pale to bright pink flowers mostly arranged in pairs in leaf axils, with 35 to 100 stamens in several rows.
Hypocalymma hirsutum Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma hirsutum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a low-growing shrub, with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and bright yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils, with usually 80 to 110 stamens in several rows.
Hypocalymma gardneri Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma gardneri is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a widely spreading subshrub, with linear leaves and yellow flowers arranged in pairs in leaf axils, with 80 to 105 stamens in several rows.
Hypocalymma connatum Strid & Keighery 2003
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Hypocalymma connatum is a species of flowering in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub, with narrowly egg-shaped leaves, probably white flowers, but has not been collected since 1935.
Hibbertia selkii Keighery 1983
plant species in the dilleniaceae family
Hibbertia selkii is a shrub in the Dilleniaceae family, native to Western Australia. The plant was first described by Gregory John Keighery in 1983. The holotype (PERTH 3095258) was collected by A. S. George in the Stirling Range National Park in 1976.
Grevillea fuscolutea Keighery 1992
critically endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea fuscolutea is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped to more or less linear leaves, and dull yellow-orange flowers.
Darwinia whicherensis Keighery 2009
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia whicherensis, commonly known as the Abba bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with linear leaves and bell-shaped, flower-like inflorescences containing more than twenty flowers surrounded by bracts, the largest of which are red with green edges.
Darwinia polychroma Keighery 2009
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia polychroma, commonly known as harlequin bell, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has linear leaves and drooping flowers surrounded by yellowish green, green and red bracts.
Darwinia foetida Keighery 2009
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia foetida, commonly known as Muchea bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small upright shrub with greenish coloured nodding flowers at the apex of the stems, that have an unpleasant odour (hence the Latin specific epithet foetida, "smelly"). This is a very restricted species, known from only a couple of locations.
Darwinia ferricola Keighery 2009
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia ferricola, commonly known as the Scott River darwinia, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in Western Australia. It is a rounded, densely branched shrub with crowded, linear leaves mostly only on younger branches. The flowers are greenish-yellow and red, and arranged in groups on the ends of the branches, with a long white or reddish style protruding from the petal tube.
Darwinia chapmaniana (Chapman's Bell) Keighery 2009
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Darwinia chapmaniana, commonly known as Chapman's bell or Eganu bell, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, rounded, spreading shrub with greyish, hairy leaves and flowers in heads of about 14 small, tubular flowers. The heads are surrounded by long, reddish-yellow, hairy bracts.
Comesperma griffinii Keighery 2002
annual and perennial plant species in the polygalaceae family
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Comesperma calcicola Keighery 2002
plant species in the polygalaceae family
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Calytrix pimeleoides C.A.Gardner ex Keighery 2004
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Calytrix pimeleoides is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with overlapping narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and yellow flowers with 35 to 50 stamens in several rows.
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