Persoonia nutans

Nodding Geebung

Flowers, Agnes Banks, NSW
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Persoonia
Species:	P. nutans
Binomial name
*Persoonia nutans* R.Br.

Persoonia nutans, commonly known as the nodding geebung, is a rare shrub native to New South Wales in eastern Australia. It is one of many species first described by Robert Brown.^[1] having been collected by him at the base of the Blue Mountains,^[2] 'near Richmond and the Nepean River' in 1802. It is an attractive, erect to spreading shrub to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall; it has hairy young branches with narrow leaves, about 30 × 1.5 mm, flat but with recurved margins. The flowers are yellow, pendulous on a delicate stalk to 12 millimetres (0.47 in) long, with 4 free segments curled back from a cylindrical base, occurring from December to March, with some flowers to July; the ovary is glabrous (hairless). Its fruit is a round glabrous drupe enclosing a single seed.^[3] The plant appears to favour sandy soils. It is currently listed as an endangered species on Schedule 1 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and as a nationally endangered species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.^[4]

References

↑ "Persoonia nutans R.Br.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
↑ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10 (1): 15–226 [162]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1810.tb00013.x.
↑ Fairley & Moore, Native Plants of the Sydney region, Jacana, Sydney, 2010
↑ , Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, NSW Government

Young drupe, Agnes Banks, NSW

Species of the genus Persoonia

Kingdom: Plantae Angiosperms Eudicots Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae

Rufiflora	P. inconspicua P. brevirhachis P. rufiflora

Laurina	P. laurina P. confertiflora P. silvatica

Longifolia	P. longifolia P. elliptica

Arborea	P. arborea P. subvelutina

Gunnii	P. gunnii P. muelleri P. moscalii

Lanceolata	P. juniperina P. chamaepeuce P. virgata P. tenuifolia P. acerosa P. myrtilloides P. brevifolia P. acuminata P. recedens P. oxycoccoides P. asperula P. microphylla P. terminalis P. bargoensis P. nutans P. laxa P. oblongata P. marginata P. daphnoides P. procumbens P. oleoides P. rufa P. cornifolia P. katerae P. adenantha P. stradbrokensis P. prostrata P. conjuncta P. media P. iogyna P. tropica P. amaliae P. volcanica P. hirsuta P. chamaepitys P. sericea

Lanceolata	P. fastigiata P. subtilis P. curvifolia P. cuspidifera P. rigida P. mollis P. lanceolata P. glaucescens P. levis P. linearis P. pinifolia P. isophylla P. coriacea P. helix P. pertinax P. cymbifolia P. leucopogon P. pungens P. baeckeoides

Dillwynioides	P. cordifolia P. dillwynioides P. flexifolia

Graminea	P. graminea P. micranthera

Chapmaniana	P. chapmaniana P. pentasticha

Quinquenervis	P. trinervis P. angustiflora P. papillosa P. bowgada P. manotricha P. hexagona P. spathulata P. scabra P. quinquenervis P. striata P. sulcata P. acicularis P. rudis P. filiformis

Teretifolia	P. falcata P. biglandulosa P. brachystylis P. kararae P. stricta P. saundersiana P. teretifolia P. comata P. saccata P. hakeiformis

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