Persoonia curvifolia

Persoonia curvifolia is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear leaves and somewhat hairy yellow flowers.

Persoonia curvifolia
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species:
P. curvifolia
Binomial name
Persoonia curvifolia
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[1]

Description

Persoonia curvifolia is an erect to spreading shrub with smooth bark and young branches and leaves that are hairy when young. The leaves are linear, 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long, 0.5–1.3 mm (0.020–0.051 in) wide and grooved on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eighteen along a rachis 5–50 mm (0.20–1.97 in) long, each flower on a hairy pedicel 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The tepals are yellow, 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long and sparsely to moderately hairy on the outside.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Persoonia curvifolia was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae from specimens collected near Port Jackson by "D. Cunningham".[4][5]

The Wiradjuri people of New South Wales use the name bumbadula for the species.[6]

Distribution and habitat

This persoonia grows in woodland and forest south from the Warrumbungles and Goulburn River in New South Wales and south to the Cocoparra National Park at altitudes between 180 and 500 m (590 and 1,640 ft).[2][3]

References
  1. "Persoonia curvifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. Weston, Peter. "Persoonia curvifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia curvifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. "Persoonia curvifolia". APNI. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae:. London. p. 13. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. Williams, Alice; Sides, Tim, eds. (2008). Wiradjuri Plant Use in the Murrumbidgee Catchment. Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority. p. 54. ISBN 0 7347 5856 1.
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