Persoonia arborea

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Tree geebung
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Persoonia arborea in Toolangi State Forest
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. arborea
Binomial name
Persoonia arborea
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms [1]

Linkia arborea(F.Muell.) Kuntze

Persoonia arborea, commonly known as tree geebung, [2] is a species of large shrub or small tree that is endemic to Victoria, Australia.

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Description

Persoonia arborea is a large shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 3–14 m (9.8–45.9 ft), its young branchlets densely covered with greyish to rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are narrow spatula-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long and 6–21 mm (0.24–0.83 in) wide. The flowers are arranged singly in the axils of leaves on a pedicel up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the tepals 16–20 mm (0.63–0.79 in) long, hairy on the outside with a spine 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long on the end and white anthers. Flowering occurs from December to March and the fruit is a yellowish green, oval drupe up to about 14 mm (0.55 in) long and 12 mm (0.47 in) wide. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Persoonia arborea was first formally described in 1865 by Ferdinand von Mueller in the fifth volume of Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae , based on material he collected from the "headwaters of the La Trobe and Yarra Rivers". [5] [6]

Distribution and habitat

Tree geebung occurs in high rainfall mountain ash forest to the north-east of Melbourne at altitudes of 450–1,200 m (1,480–3,940 ft). It is listed as "vulnerable" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria. [7] However, within its limited range it is relatively common, and is able to colonise disturbed areas. About 40% of its habitat lies within the Yarra Ranges National Park, while the remaining 60% occurs on public land utilised for logging. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Jeanes, Jeff A. "Persoonia arborea". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. Weston, Peter H. "Prostanthera arborea". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "A Rare plant that is locally abundant". Rare Plants of Victoria ). Viridans Biological Databases. 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  5. "Persoonia arborea". APNI. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1865). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  7. "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Retrieved 1 October 2020.