Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia Sm. , nom. cons., scientific
Smith, J.E. (1798), The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 215 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
  • Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 2023).
Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 510 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 17 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 67 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Linkia Cav. nom. illeg., nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Pentadactylon C.F.Gaertn. legitimate
Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 333 [basionym]
basionym of: Linkia sect. Persoonia (Sm.) Kuntze legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 168-170 [secondary reference]
common name: Geebungs [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 439 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 29-31, 198 [secondary reference]
common name: Geebungs [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 159 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: After Christian Henry Persoon, a Dutch botanist, 1755-1837.
Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 73 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 263 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "After Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, 1755-1837, a writer on fungi, born in Cape Colony."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 182 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 602 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 144 [secondary reference]
Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 989 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Linkia Cav. nom. illeg., nom. rej.
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 610 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Proteaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 18 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 181 [secondary reference]
Orchard, A.E. (31 January 1984), The Tasmanian species of Persoonia Smith (Proteaceae). Brunonia 6(2): 217-240 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 7 [secondary reference]
common name: Geebung [n/a]
Weston, P.H. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Persoonia. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 348 [secondary reference]
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 190 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Persoonia lanceolata Andrews (typ. cons.)
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 474-476 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: " Named in honour of Christian Hendrik Persoon (1761/62-1836), a South African-born mycologist and botanist. He is generally regarded as the father of systematic mycology"
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 4-5 [secondary reference]
common name: Geebungs [n/a]
Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Hakea. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 479 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 89 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Linkia Cav. nom. illeg., nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Pentadactylon C.F.Gaertn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pycnonia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs legitimate
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 126 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 50-51 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Linkia Cav. nom. illeg., nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Pentadactylon C.F.Gaertn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pycnonia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Proteaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 831-832 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 4-5 [secondary reference]
common name: Geebungs [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 841 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. (13 November 2006), A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3): 330 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Proteaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9: 384, Fig. 134 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 649 [secondary reference]