Persoonia scabra
| Persoonia scabra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. scabra
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| Binomial name | |
| Persoonia scabra | |
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Linkia scabra (R.Br.) Kuntze | |
Persoonia scabra is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, narrow oblong to lance-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers arranged singly, in pairs or threes, with a scale leaf at the base.
Description[edit]
Persoonia scabra is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–0.9 m (1 ft 0 in – 2 ft 11 in) with smooth bark and young branchlets that are covered with greyish or whitish hair for the first three or four years. The leaves are narrow oblong to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 15–35 mm (0.59–1.38 in) long and 2.5–6 mm (0.098–0.236 in) wide, sometimes with a sharp point on the end. The flowers are arranged singly, in pairs or threes, on a pedicel 1.5–4.5 mm (0.059–0.177 in) long with a scale leaf at the base. The tepals are yellow, 6.5–10 mm (0.26–0.39 in) long, and the anthers are yellow. Flowering occurs from November to January and the fruit is a smooth, elliptic drupe 8–9.5 mm (0.31–0.37 in) long and 4.5–5 mm (0.18–0.20 in) wide.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy[edit]
Persoonia prostrata was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London from specimens he collected at Lucky Bay.[6][7]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This geebung grows in open scrub mallee in the area between Frank Hann National Park, Mount Buraminya and Cape Le Grand in the south-west of Western Australia.[3]
Conservation status[edit]
Persoonia scabra is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[5] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Persoonia scabra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Persoonia scabra R.Br". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia scabra". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae)". Telopea. 6 (1): 131–132. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Persoonia rufiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Persoonia scabra". APNI. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 10 (1): 162. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 7 November 2020.