Persoonia hirsuta

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Hairy geebung
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In Yengo National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. hirsuta
Binomial name
Persoonia hirsuta
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Linkia hirsuta(Pers.) Kuntze
    • Persoonia arida Sieber ex Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
    • Persoonia aridaSieber ex Spreng.
    • Persoonia aspera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • ? Persoonia hirsuta var. linearis Endl. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Persoonia hirsuta var. linearis Meisn.
    • ? Persoonia hirsuta var. spathulataMeisn.
    • Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalisEndl. nom. inval., nom. nud.
    • Persoonia hirsuta var. subovalisMeisn.
Drupe Persoonia hirsuta fruit, Boree Track, Yengo National Park.jpg
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Persoonia hirsuta, commonly known as the hairy geebung or hairy persoonia, [1] is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a hairy, spreading to low-lying shrub with linear, lance-shaped or spatula-shaped leaves and yellow or orange flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long.

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Description

Persoonia hirsuta is a spreading to low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 mm (0.012–0.059 in) and has hairy branchlets leaves, flowers and fruit. The leaves are spatula-shaped to elliptic or linear to narrow oblong leaves, 5–14 mm (0.20–0.55 in) long and 0.7–5 mm (0.028–0.197 in) wide with the edges curved downwards or rolled under. The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to ten on a rachis up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long that continues to grow into a leafy shoot after flowering. The tepals are yellow or orange, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. Flowering mostly occurs from November to January and the fruit is a fleshy green to cream-coloured drupe with red streaks. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Taxonomy and naming

Collected by John White in the vicinity of Port Jackson (Sydney) in 1794, Persoonia hirsuta was first formally described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in his 1805 work Synopsis Plantarum. [8] [9]

In 1991, Peter Weston and Lawrie Johnson described two subspecies and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

Hairy geebung usually grows in open woodland and heath on sandstone soils. [14] Subspecies evoluta is sporadically distributed on the Central Coast and Central Tablelands in the Putty, Glen Davis and Hill Top districts, mainly at altitudes between 350 and 600 m (1,150 and 1,970 ft). Subspecies hirsuta is found from Gosford to the Royal National Park, mainly within 20 km (12 mi) of the coast and at altitudes lower than 300 m (980 ft). [11] [13] [15] [16]

Ecology

The two subspecies intergrade with each other from the lower Blue Mountains to within 15 km (9.3 mi) of the coast. Subspecies evoluta also hybridises with P. mollis subsp. nectens. [6] The fruit are adapted to be eaten by vertebrates, such as kangaroos, possums, and currawongs and other large birds. [6]

Conservation status

Persoonia hirsuta is listed nationally as endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and in New South Wales under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 . The species occurs in fragmented small populations throughout its range and is threatened by urban development, clearing or degradation of bushland and too frequent bushfires and burning of bush. [1] The European honeybee has been implicated in the decline of this and other species as it is suspected of being a poor pollinator of persoonia flowers. [1]

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Persoonia, commonly known as geebungs or snottygobbles, is a genus of about one hundred species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. Plants in the genus Persoonia are shrubs or small trees usually with smooth bark, simple leaves and usually yellow flowers arranged along a raceme, each flower with a leaf or scale leaf at the base. The fruit is a drupe.

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 rigida</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia rigida, commonly known as the rigid-, hairy- or stiff geebung, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with hairy young branchlets, lance-shaped to spatula-shaped leaves that are hairy when young, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 90 mm (3.5 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

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

Persoonia subvelutina, commonly known as velvety geebung, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading to small tree with branchlets that are hairy when young, elliptic, lance-shaped, egg-shaped or spatula-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long.

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

Persoonia myrtilloides, commonly known as myrtle geebung, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to forty on a rachis up to 170 mm (6.7 in) long.

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

Persoonia glaucescens, commonly known as the Mittagong geebung, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers. It is the only persoonia in eastern Australia with strongly glaucous leaves.

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

Persoonia virgata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of eastern Australia. It is usually an erect shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, linear to narrow spatula-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to seventy-five on a rachis up to 230 mm (9.1 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

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

Persoonia mollis, commonly known as soft geebung, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with linear to oblong or spatula-shaped leaves, yellow flowers in groups of up to thirty on a rachis up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long and relatively small fruit.

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

Persoonia bargoensis, commonly known as the Bargo geebung, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves, yellow, tube-shaped flowers and green, pear-shaped fruit.

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

Persoonia gunnii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with young branchlets that are hairy at first, spatula-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white to cream-coloured flowers.

<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 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 oleoides</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia oleoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to north-eastern New South Wales. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to twenty-five on a rachis up to 130 mm (5.1 in) long.

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

Persoonia brevirhachis 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 smooth, compact bark, mostly narrow spatula-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and yellow to greenish yellow flowers borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

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

Persoonia daphnoides is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near the border of eastern New South Wales and Queensland. It is a prostrate shrub with spatula-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers in groups of up to eight on a rachis up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long.

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

Persoonia cuspidifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with spatula-shaped leaves and greenish yellow, tube-shaped flowers in groups of up to twenty-five.

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

Persoonia brevifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near the border between south-eastern New South Wales and Victoria. It is an erect shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and cylindrical yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

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 brachystylis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area on the west coast of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with smooth bark, narrow spatula-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of ten to twenty.

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

Persoonia comata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, sometimes spreading to low-lying shrub with mostly smooth bark, spatula-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and yellow flowers usually in groups of ten to fifty along a rachis up to 250 mm (9.8 in) long.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "SPRAT Profile Persoonia hirsuta — Hairy Geebung, Hairy Persoonia". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Persoonia hirsuta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney, New South Wales: Angus & Robertson. pp. 486–87. ISBN   0-207-17277-3.
  4. ↑ Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia hirsuta". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Approved conservation advice for Persoonia hirsuta" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Benson, Doug; McDougall, Lyn (2000). "Ecology of Sydney plant species" Part 7b Dicotyledon families Proteaceae to Rubiaceae". Cunninghamia. 6 (4): 1100–1101. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2000). Native Plants of the Sydney District: An Identification Guide (2nd ed.). Kenthurst, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. p. 158. ISBN   0-7318-1031-7.
  8. ↑ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik (1805). Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum (in Latin). 1. Paris, France: Apud Carol. Frid. Cramerum. p. 118. villoso-hirsuta, fol. linearibus margine revolutis
  9. ↑ "Persoonia hirsuta". APNI. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Persoonia hirsuta subsp. evoluta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  11. 1 2 Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia hirsuta subsp. evoluta". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Persoonia hirsuta subsp. hirsuta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  13. 1 2 Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia hirsuta subsp. hirsuta". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Hairy geebung - profile". New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  15. ↑ Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia hirsuta subsp. evoluta". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  16. ↑ Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia hirsuta subsp. hirsuta". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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