Hakea persiehana

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Hakea persiehana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. persiehana
Binomial name
Hakea persiehana
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Hakea persiehana is a shrub or small tree in the genus Hakea , which comprises approximately 150 species restricted to Australia. Most Hakea seed are usually dispersed by an environmental trigger rather than when seed matures, quite often by fire, whilst other species may require sporadic flooding rains to establish. Hakea is within the family Proteaceae

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Description

Hakea persiehana is a shrub or small tree growing 3 to 10 m (10 to 33 ft) in height with a spreading canopy and dark grey deeply grooved cork-like bark. Terete leaves are 8 to 28 centimetres (3 to 10 in) long and 0.7–1 millimetre (0.03–0.04 in) wide. About 50–100 cream-white flowers per inflorescence appear between November and February, occasionally May to June. The fruit is obliquely egg-shaped, 4.5–5.5 cm (1.8–2.2 in) long and 2–2.7 cm (0.8–1 in) wide, and gradually tapers into a recurved beak about 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea persiehana was first formally described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1886 and published in the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy. [4] [5] The species was named after druggist W. Anthony Persieh, a prolific collector for Mueller of Queensland flora. [2]

Distribution and habitat

Hakea persiehana grows on Cape York Peninsula a large peninsula in far North Queensland as far south as the Atherton. Occurs in open woodland usually with Eucalyptus and Melaleuca. [2]

Conservation status

Hakea persiehana is considered "least concern" by the Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. [6]

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References

  1. "Hakea persiehana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hakea persiehana". Flora of South Australia. South Australian Government. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. Wilson, Annette, ed. (1999). Flora of Australia (PDF). Melbourne: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 45. ISBN   0643064540 . Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. "Hakea persiehana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. "The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. "Hakea persiehana". WetlandsInfo Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. Retrieved 9 December 2018.