Persoonia oxycoccoides
| Persoonia oxycoccoides | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. oxycoccoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Persoonia oxycoccoides | |
Persoonia oxycoccoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with smooth bark, hairy young branchlets, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged in groups of up to thirteen along a rachis that continues to grow after flowering.
Description
Persoonia oxycoccoides is a spreading to prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 90 cm (35 in) with smooth bark and sparsely to moderately hairy young branchlets. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, 4–11 mm (0.16–0.43 in) long and 1.5–6 mm (0.059–0.236 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to thirteen on a rachis up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long that continues to grow after flowering, each flower on a pedicel 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long with a leaf at its base. The tepals are yellow, 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) long and glabrous. Flowering occurs from December to April.[4][5]
Taxonomy
Persoonia oxycoccoides was first formally described in 1827 by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in the 17th edition of Systema Vegetabilium from an unpublished description by Franz Sieber.[6][7]
Distribution and habitat
This geebung grows in montane heath and in forest between Mittagong, Jamberoo and Tallong in south-eastern New South Wales.[5]
Conservation status
Persoonia oxycoccoides is listed as 'Endangered' on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 of New South Wales.[1][2][8]
References
- 1 2 Auld, T.D.; Douglas, S.; Weston, P. (2020). "Persoonia oxycoccoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T118154409A129453487. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T118154409A129453487.en. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- 1 2 "SPRAT Profile Persoonia oxycoccoides". Australian Government, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
- ↑ "Persoonia oxycoccoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "PlantNET - FloraOnline". nsw.gov.au.
- 1 2 Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia oxycoccoides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Persoonia oxycoccoides". APNI. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ↑ Sprengel, Kurt P.J. (1827). Linnaeus, Carl; Sprengel, Kurt P.J.; Sprengel, Anton (eds.). "Curae Posteriores". Systema Vegetabilium. 4 (2): 45. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Persoonia oxycoccoides - profile". NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage. 12 March 2026 [27 May 2022]. Retrieved 17 August 2026.