Persoonia iogyna explained

Persoonia iogyna is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with hairy young branchlets, narrow elliptical to lance-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and green fruit.

Description

Persoonia iogyna is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of with smooth bark and hairy young branchlets. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, narrow elliptical to lance-shaped, long and wide with the edges curved downwards. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eleven, each flower on a pedicel long. The tepals are yellow and long. Flowering occurs from December to February and the fruit is a green drupe about long and wide.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Persoonia iogyna was first formally described in 1994 by Peter Weston and Lawrie Johnson from material collected near Mount Nebo in 1990.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

This geebung grows in eucalypt forest at altitudes from in the Conondale and D'Aguilar Ranges in south-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

Persoonia iogyna is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Weston . Peter H. . The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). . Telopea . 1994 . 6 . 1 . 33–35 . 19 October 2020.
2. Web site: Weston . Peter H. . Persoonia iogyna . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 19 October 2020.
3. Web site: Prostanthera iogyna. APNI. 19 October 2020.
4. Web site: Species profile - Persoonia iogyna . Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science . 19 October 2020.