Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 162 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novae Hollandiae ora orientali; prope Port Jackson: insylvis solo arenoso, ad radices montium (ubi v.v.)"

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 nutans (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 169 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 31 [secondary reference]

common name: Drooping Geebung [n/a]

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]

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 350 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Persoonia recedens Gand. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 182 [secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 492 (map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Persoonia flexifolia Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Persoonia oxycoccoides Sieber ex Schult. nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Persoonia microphylla R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia thymifolia R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia apiculata Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia nutans var. apiculata (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia recedens Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia oxycoccoides var. microphylla (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

• Etymology: "From Latin, nutans, nodding, referring to the pendulous flowers."

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2: 12 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Persoonia nutans subsp. A [n/a]

Weston, P.H. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1 March 1991), Taxonomic changes in Persoonia (Proteaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(2): - [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(here designated): prope Richmond & fl. Nepean, R.Brown - (BM). RESIDUAL SYNTYPES: Nepean, R.Brown, - (K); Port Jackson, R.Brown, - (NSW ex BM)"

Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 80-81, Map 38 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Linkia nutans (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia apiculata Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia nutans var. apiculata (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 10 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 13 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Persoonia nutans subsp. A [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Persoonia nutans R.Br. var. nutans legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Persoonia nutans var. apiculata (Meisn.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Linkia nutans (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia apiculata Meisn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia nutans subsp. A [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NSW

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