Persoonia iogyna

Persoonia iogyna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. iogyna
Binomial name
Persoonia iogyna
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Persoonia iogyna is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with hairy young branchlets, narrow elliptical to lance-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and green fruit.

Description

Persoonia iogyna is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1.6–4 m (5 ft 3 in – 13 ft 1 in) with smooth bark and hairy young branchlets. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, narrow elliptical to lance-shaped, 25–110 mm (0.98–4.33 in) long and 6–19 mm (0.24–0.75 in) wide with the edges curved downwards. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eleven, each flower on a pedicel 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. The tepals are yellow and 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to February and the fruit is a green drupe about 9 mm (0.35 in) long and 4.5 mm (0.18 in) wide.

Taxonomy

Persoonia iogyna was first formally described in 1994 by Peter Weston and Lawrie Johnson from material collected near Mount Nebo in 1990.

Distribution and habitat

This geebung grows in eucalypt forest at altitudes from 400 to 600 m (1,300 to 2,000 ft) in the Conondale and D'Aguilar Ranges in south-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

Persoonia iogyna is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.

References

  1. ↑ "Persoonia iogyna". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Persoonia iogyna P.H.Weston & L.A.S.Johnson". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01.
  3. 1 2 3 Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae)". Telopea. 6 (1): 33–35. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia iogyna". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Prostanthera iogyna". APNI. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Species profile - Persoonia iogyna". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 19 October 2020.