Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia levis (Domin , legitimate , scientific
Domin, K. (1921) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
582
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Linkia levis Cav. legitimate
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]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
181
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina Pers. legitimate
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family
488-489 (map)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia levis Cav. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina Pers. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia lanceolata var. latifolia (Endl. legitimate
common name:
willow geebung
[n/a]
common name:
smooth geebung
[n/a]
common name:
broad leaved geebung
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From Latin, levis , smooth, referring to the hairless leaves and branches."
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2
19
[secondary reference]
common name:
Broad-leaved Geebung [n/a]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Willow Geebung [n/a]
common name:
Smooth Geebung [n/a]
common name:
Broad Leaved Geebung [n/a]
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995) , Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16
100-101, Fig. 40, Map 77
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia levis Cav. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina Pers. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina var. muelleri Benth. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Proteaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
832-833, Fig. 169b
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia levis Cav. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina Pers. legitimate
common name:
Smooth Geebung [n/a]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
19
[secondary reference]
common name:
Broad-leaved Geebung [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia levis Cav. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina Pers. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina Pers. var. salicina legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia salicina var. muelleri Benth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Linkia salicina (Kuntze legitimate
APC Comment:
Hybridises sporadically with P. acerosa, P. lanceolata, P. linearis (the hybrid known as P. x lucida), P. mollis subsp. ledifolia, P. myrtilloides subsp. myrtilloides, P. oxycoccoides and P. stradbrokensis.
APC Dist.:
NSW, Vic
