Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia chamaepeuce Lhotsky ex Meisn.
, legitimate, scientific
[Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1)]:
336
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"In alpinis circa Port-Jackson (Lhotsky!) et circa Ballarat Australiae-Felicis (Dr Ferd. Müller!). P. suffruticosa Ferd. Müll.! first gen. report, p. 17. ... (v.s.)"
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
67
[secondary reference]
[Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2]:
579
[basionym]
basionym of:
Linkia chamaepeuce (Meisn.) Kuntze
legitimate
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
170
[secondary reference]
[Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory]:
144 Fig. 121.
[secondary reference]
common name:
Yellow Geebung
[n/a]
[McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6)]:
348
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia viridula Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia myrioclada Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia effusa Gand.
legitimate
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
181
[secondary reference]
[Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family]:
478 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia suffruticosa F.Muell.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia viridula Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia myrioclada Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia effusa Gand.
legitimate
misapplication:
Persoonia caleyi R.Br.
legitimate
by [Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]: 67
common name:
dwarf geebung
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"From Greek, chamae-, ground-hugging, and Peuce, an old generic name for a group of conifers. This prostrate plant has pine-like foliage."
[Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2]:
10
[secondary reference]
[Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16]:
72, Map 23
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia chamaepeuce (Meisn.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia viridula Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia myrioclada Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia effusa Gand.
legitimate
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APC Comment:
This taxon hybridises sporadically with P. asperula, P. confertiflora and P. linearis where they grow together. A hybrid between P. chamaepeuce and P. confertifolia was referred to as Persoonia sp. in A.C.Beauglehole, Vict. Vasc. Pl. 167 (1980).
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APC Dist.:
NSW, ACT, Vic
[Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Proteaceae. Flora of Victoria 3]:
837-838, Fig. 170f
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dwarf Geebung
[n/a]
[Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2]:
10
[secondary reference]