Persoonia

Persoonia
Persoonia levis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Persoonioideae
Tribe: Persoonieae
Genus: Persoonia
Sm.[1]
Type species
Persoonia lanceolata
Species

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Occurrence data downloaded from AVH
Synonyms[1]
Persoonia elliptica
Persoonia pinifolia fruit
Persoonia levis bark
Persoonia coriacea shrub on road verge, near Yellowdine WA

Persoonia, commonly known as geebungs[2] or snottygobbles,[3][4] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Persoonia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ Robinson, Les (1991). Field guide to the Native Plants of Sydney. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 100. ISBN 0864171927.
  3. ^ "Persoonia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ Bernhardt, Peter (2002). The Rose's Kiss: A Natural History of Flowers. University of Chicago Press. p. 118. Retrieved 1 November 2015.