Persoonia conjuncta
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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. conjuncta
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Persoonia conjuncta is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub or small tree with narrow elliptic to lance-shaped leaves, yellow, tube-shaped flowers in groups of up to sixteen and green fruit.
Description[edit]
Persoonia conjuncta is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 2–7 m (6 ft 7 in – 23 ft 0 in) and smooth bark, finely fissured near the base. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lance-shaped, 60–140 mm (2.4–5.5 in) long and 10–26 mm (0.39–1.02 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to sixteen along a rachis up to 140 mm (5.5 in) long that grows into a leafy shoot after flowering, each flower on a pedicel 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long. The tepals are yellow, 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in) long and hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from January to February and the fruit is a green drupe.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy[edit]
Persoonia conjuncta was first formally described in 1991 by Lawrie Johnson and Peter Weston in the journal Telopea from specimens collected by Johnson on Mount Yarrahapinni (near Kempsey) in 1980.[3][6]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This geebung grows in forest on the coastal ranges in the Coffs Harbour district and south to the Manning River in eastern New South Wales.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Persoonia conjuncta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Persoonia conjuncta P.H.Weston & L.A.S.Johnson". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter; Johnson, Lawrence (1 March 1991). "Taxonomic changes in Persoonia (Proteaceae) in New South Wales". Telopea. 4 (2): 286–288. doi:10.7751/telopea19914929.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia conjuncta". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia conjuncta". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Prostanthera conjuncta". APNI. Retrieved 8 October 2020.