Persoonia elliptica

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Snottygobble
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. elliptica
Binomial name
Persoonia elliptica
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms [1]
  • Linkia elliptica(R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Persoonia laureolaLindl.
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Leaves and fruit
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Habit

Persoonia elliptica, commonly known as snottygobble or spreading snottygobble, [2] [3] is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves and groups of cylindrical yellow flowers. It usually grows in woodland or forest dominated by jarrah ( Eucalyptus marginata ) or marri ( Corymbia calophylla ) within 50 km (30 mi) of the coast.

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Description

Persoonia elliptica is an erect shrub or small, robust tree, usually with a single trunk growing to a height of 5–8 m (20–30 ft). The bark on the trunk is grey and corky. The leaves are arranged alternately and are lance-shaped to egg-shaped but with the narrower end towards the base, 50–110 mm (2–4 in) long, 9–50 mm (0.4–2 in) wide. The leaves are soft and flexible, a similar colour on both surfaces with a prominent midvein on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of between four and twenty five at the ends of the branches or in leaf axils. Each flower is on the end of a hairy pedicel 2.5–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long. The flower is composed of four glabrous or slightly hairy tepals 8–12.5 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long, which are fused at the base but with the tips rolled back. The central style is surrounded by four greenish-yellow anthers which are also joined at the base with the tips rolled back, so that it resembles a cross when viewed end-on. Flowering occurs from October to February and is followed by fruit which are smooth green drupes 8.5–13.5 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide. [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Persoonia elliptica was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown from a specimen collected "on the side of a rocky hill near Lewin's Land" (Cape Leeuwin). The description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . [6] [7]

German botanist Otto Kuntze proposed the binomial name Linkia elliptica in 1891, [8] from Cavanilles' original description of the genus Linkia but the name was eventually rejected in favour of Persoonia. [9]

The genus was reviewed by Peter Weston for the Flora of Australia treatment in 1995, and P. elliptica was placed in the Longifolia group. [5] However, Weston later placed it in the large Lanceolata group, a group of 54 closely related species with similar flowers but very different foliage, based on genetic evidence. [10]

Distribution and habitat

Snottygobble usually grows as an understorey shrub in forest dominated by jarrah or marri, often with Persoonia longifolia from which it is distinguished by its single trunk, large leaves with a narrow base and compact grey bark. It is found near the coast between Perth and Albany in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions. [4] [11]

Conservation

Persoonia elliptica is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [11]

Related Research Articles

Persoonia micranthera, commonly known as the small-flowered snottygobble, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying to prostrate shrub with branchlets that are hairy when young, spatula-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, hairy yellow flowers borne in groups of four to fifteen, and smooth, oval fruit.

<i>Persoonia longifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia longifolia, commonly known as snottygobble, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub or small tree characterised by its weeping foliage, yellow flowers and distinctive flaky bark.

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Persoonia levis, commonly known as the broad-leaved geebung, is a shrub native to New South Wales and Victoria in eastern Australia. It reaches 5 m (16 ft) in height and has dark grey papery bark and bright green asymmetrical sickle-shaped leaves up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long and 8 cm (3.2 in) wide. The small yellow flowers appear in summer and autumn, followed by small green fleshy fruit, which are classified as drupes. Within the genus Persoonia, it is a member of the Lanceolata group of 58 closely related species. P. levis interbreeds with several other species where they grow together.

<i>Persoonia glaucescens</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Persoonia bargoensis</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Persoonia chamaepeuce</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Persoonia media</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia media is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub or tree with branchlets and leaves that are glabrous or only sparsely hairy, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and up to sixteen yellow flowers on a rachis up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long.

<i>Persoonia asperula</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia asperula, commonly known as mountain geebung, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with smooth bark, mostly elliptic to oblong leaves and yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to nine. It mostly occurs in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. A small population in Victoria may be a different species.

<i>Persoonia coriacea</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia coriacea, commonly known as the leathery-leaf persoonia, 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 smooth bark, spatula-shaped or elliptic to linear leaves and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to ten along a rachis up to 70 mm (2.8 in) long.

<i>Persoonia conjuncta</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia conjuncta is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub or small tree with narrow elliptic to lance-shaped leaves, yellow, tube-shaped flowers in groups of up to sixteen and green fruit.

<i>Persoonia inconspicua</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia inconspicua is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, often spreading shrub with branchlets and leaves that are densely hairy when young, linear leaves and relatively small greenish yellow flowers usually borne singly or in pairs.

Persoonia tropica is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is an erect shrub to small tree shrub with branchlets that are hairy when young, narrow elliptic to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of three to ten on a rachis 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

Persoonia volcanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, egg-shaped to oblong leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 180 mm (7.1 in) that usually continues to grow after flowering, each flower with a leaf at its base.

Persoonia baeckeoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading, many-branched shrub with smooth bark, spatula-shaped leaves and greenish yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three.

<i>Persoonia angustiflora</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia angustiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy branches and leaves, linear, more or less cylindrical leaves and yellow or greenish yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to four.

<i>Persoonia quinquenervis</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia quinquenervis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, twisted linear, lance-shaped, narrow oblong or narrow spatula-shaped leaves, and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 60 mm (2.4 in) that continues to grow after flowering.

Persoonia striata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, often spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear to spatula-shaped leaves, and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to five on a rachis up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

<i>Persoonia sulcata</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia sulcata is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, erect or low spreading shrub with narrow, linear leaves and cylindrical yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils. It grows in woodland or on rocky slopes and is found in several disjunct populations.

<i>Persoonia teretifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia teretifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, linear leaves, and bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

<i>Persoonia saccata</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia saccata, commonly known as snottygobble, and cadgeegurrup in indigenous language, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is usually an erect shrub and has linear leaves and groups of up to fifty or more irregularly shaped, yellow flowers which are hairy on the outside. It usually grows in woodland dominated by jarrah, marri or large Banksia species.

References

  1. 1 2 "Persoonia elliptica". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Members of the Darling Range Branch, Wildflower Society of Australia (2002). Wildflowers of the West Coat Hills (Revised 2002 ed.). Quality Publishing Australia. p. 25. ISBN   1875737243.
  3. ↑ Mullins, R. Greg; Koch, John M.; Ward, Sam C. "Practical method of germination for a key jarrah forest species: Snottygobble (Persoonia longifolia)" (PDF). Roley Bush Care. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persoonioideae: Persoonieae)". Telopea. 6 (1): 98–99. doi: 10.7751/telopea19943008 .
  5. 1 2 "Persoonia elliptica R.Br". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  6. ↑ "Persoonia elliptica". APNI. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the natural order of plants called Proteaceae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 10: 164. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Kuntze, Otto (1891). Revisio Generum Plantarum. Leipzig, Germany: A. Felix. p. 579.
  9. ↑
    • Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. p. 475. ISBN   0-207-17277-3.
  10. ↑ Weston, Peter H. (2003). "Proteaceae Subfamily Persoonioideae: Botany of the Geebungs, Snottygobbles and their Relatives". Australian Plants . 22 (175): 62–78.
  11. 1 2 "Persoonia elliptica". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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