Persoonia media

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Persoonia media
Persoonia media at Dangar Falls Dorrigo NSW Australia.JPG
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. media
Binomial name
Persoonia media
Synonyms [1]

Linkia media(R.Br.) Kuntze

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.

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Description

Persoonia media is a spreading shrub or tree that shows considerable variability, with a maximum height anywhere from 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) to 25 m (82 ft). Plants in dry sites south of the Macleay River grow from lignotubers and are short and multi-stemmed, while those growing in wetter areas are taller, single-stemmed and tend to have narrower leaves. The bark is smooth but finely fissured at the base of the trunk. Branchlets, leaves and flowers are glabrous or sparsely hairy with light brown to rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, 30–140 mm (1.2–5.5 in) long and 4–35 mm (0.16–1.38 in) wide with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to sixteen on a rachis on a rachis up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long, the tepals yellow and 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to April. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Persoonia media was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown described in the supplement to his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen . [5] [6] The genus was reviewed by Peter Weston for the Flora of Australia treatment in 1995, and P. media was placed in the Lanceolata group, a group of 54 closely related species with similar flowers but very different foliage. These species will often interbreed with each other where two members of the group occur. [7] Hybrids with P. oleoides , P. linearis , P. conjuncta and possibly P. adenantha have been recorded. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This geebung is found on the Lamington and Springbrook Plateaus in south-eastern Queensland, and south through the Nightcap National Park, the upper Manning River, the eastern part of the New England Tableland and as far south as Barrington Tops. It grows in forest, including rainforest on soils derived from igneous and metamorphic rocks. [2] [3]

Ecology

Researchers from the University of New England found that P. media is killed by fire and regenerates from seed. It takes around 5 to 6 years to reach maturity from seed, though is generally a short-lived plant with a life span of twenty years or less. [8]

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

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

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

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

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

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<i>Persoonia oblongata</i> Species of shrub

Persoonia oblongata is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with narrow elliptic to broad egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers on long, curved pedicels and is found from the lower Blue Mountains, west to Rylstone.

<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 fastigiata</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia fastigiata is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a small, erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and hairy flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to five on a rachis up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long.

<i>Persoonia curvifolia</i> Species of shrub

Persoonia curvifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and somewhat hairy yellow flowers.

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

Persoonia tenuifolia, commonly known as fine-leaf geebung is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves, and yellow flowers in groups of up to eight on a rachis 2–30 mm (0.079–1.181 in) long that continues to grow after flowering.

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

Persoonia recedens is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a spreading to low-lying shrub with hairy young branchlets, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twelve on a rachis up to 75 mm (3.0 in) that continues to grow after flowering.

<i>Persoonia microphylla</i> Species of shrub

Persoonia microphylla is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to fourteen on a rachis up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long.

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

Persoonia rufa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the a restricted area of New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets, elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of up to twelve on a rachis up to 110 mm (4.3 in), each flower with a leaf at its base.

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 subtilis is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is a spreading to low-lying shrub with many stems, branchlets that are hairy when young, linear leaves and yellow flowers in groups of up to eighteen on a rachis up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long.

Persoonia pungens 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 or low-lying shrub with densely hairy young branchlets, twisted elliptic to oblong, sharply-pointed leaves, and glabrous, bright yellow flowers borne in groups of up to five.

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 filiformis</i> Species of flowering plant

Persoonia filiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves and greenish yellow flowers borne singly or in groups of up to twenty on a rachis up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long.

References

  1. 1 2 "Persoonia media". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Persoonia media R.Br". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  3. 1 2 Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia media". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia media". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Persoonia media". APNI. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae: Proteaceas Novas. London: Typis Ricardi Taylor. p. 16. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Weston, Peter H. (2003). "Proteaceae Subfamily Persoonioideae: Botany of the Geebungs, Snottygobbles and their Relatives". Australian Plants . 22 (175): 62–78.
  8. ↑ Clarke, Peter J.; Knox, Kirsten J.; Campbell, Monica L.; Copeland, Lachlan M. (2009). "Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion". Cunninghamia. 11: 221–239.
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