Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia myrtilloides Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.
, legitimate, scientific
[Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. in Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (ed.) (1827), Mantissa in Volumen ... Systematis Vegetabilium 3]:
272
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Sieber. Herb. nov. Holl. Nro. 52."
[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]:
18
[secondary reference]
[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 myrtilloides (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze
legitimate
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
169
[secondary reference]
[Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Flora of Victoria: New species and other additions - 6. The Victorian Naturalist 72(7)]:
108
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia myrtilloides var. brevifolia Benth.
legitimate
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
183
[secondary reference]
[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]:
482 (plate), 491 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia cunninghamii R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia oleifolia Endl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
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Etymology:
"From the genus Myrtus, the myrtle, and Latin suffix, -illus, a diminutive, and Greek -oides, resembling; refers to its resemblance to a small myrtle."
[Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2]:
10-11
[secondary reference]
[Weston, P.H. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1 March 1991), Taxonomic changes in Persoonia (Proteaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(2)]:
273
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
"(here designated): M. RESIDUAL SYNTYPES: K,M,MEL,NSW,NY."
[Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16]:
74
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia myrtilloides (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze
legitimate
[Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2]:
11
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia myrtilloides (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia oleifolia Endl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
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APC Comment:
Hybridises sporadically with P. acerosa, P. levis and, more extensively, with P. recedens.
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APC Dist.:
NSW