Biology:Persoonia iogyna
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. iogyna
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| Persoonia iogyna P.H.Weston & L.A.S.Johnson[1]
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Persoonia iogyna is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. 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.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Persoonia iogyna was first formally described in 1994 by Peter Weston and Lawrie Johnson from material collected near Mount Nebo in 1990.[3][5]
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.[3][4]
Conservation status
Persoonia iogyna is classified as of "least concrn" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]
References
- ↑ "Persoonia iogyna". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/118766.
- ↑ "Persoonia iogyna P.H.Weston & L.A.S.Johnson". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=44631.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae).". Telopea 6 (1): 33–35. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/264631#page/37/mode/1up. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Weston, Peter H.. "Persoonia iogyna". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Persoonia%20iogyna.
- ↑ "Prostanthera iogyna". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/557942.
- ↑ "Species profile - Persoonia iogyna". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=6370.
Wikidata ☰ Q18077151 entry
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