Persoonia silvatica

Persoonia silvatica

Leaves and fruits Errinundra National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Persoonia
Species:	P. silvatica
Binomial name
*Persoonia silvatica* L.A.S.Johnson

Persoonia silvatica is a shrub or tree native to southeastern Australia.^[1] It grows to between 1.5 and 9 metres tall and has leaves that are 3 to 12 cm long and 0.6 to 2.5 cm wide.^[1] Flowers appear between November and March in the species native range.^[1] These are followed by green ovoid fruits that are about 15 mm long and 12 mm wide.^[2]

The species was formally described in 1957 by botanist Lawrie Johnson based on plant material collected at Brown Mountain in New South Wales by Ernst Betche in 1893.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

Persoonia silvatica occurs in montane forest along the Great Dividing Range in East Gippsland and south-eastern New South Wales including locatlities Bendoc, the Errinundra Plateau, Mount Kaye and Howe Hill in Victoria and Monga, Tinderry Peak and Mount Currockbilly in New South Wales^[1]^[2] Plants that are believed to be hybrids of this species with Persoonia confertiflora have been noted at Genoa in Victoria.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 "Persoonia silvatica L.A.S.Johnson". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
1 2 3 "Persoonia silvatica L.A.S.Johnson". Flora of Victoria Knowledge Base. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ "Persoonia silvatica L.A.S.Johnson". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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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