Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Persoonia elliptica
Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia elliptica R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 164 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In Novae Hollandiae ora australi; Lewins Land: ad latera saxosa collium. (ubi v.v.)"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 67 [secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 579 [basionym]
basionym of: Linkia elliptica (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 65 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Persoonia. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 349-350 [secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 480 (map), 485 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Persoonia laureola Lindl. legitimate common name: snottygobble [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From Latin, ellipticus, elliptical, referring to the leaf shape."
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Snottygobble [n/a]
Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 98-99, Fig. 15b (map) [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: (here designated): on a sheet labelled 'No. 3299 R. Brown. Observatory Hill Spec 6 Decr 19. 1801'; annotated by Brown (BM, photo NSW). The specimen on the left-hand side of the sheet is designated lectotype. Isolectotypes: BM (photo NSW), E, K (photo NSW), NSW.
taxonomic synonym: Persoonia laureola Lindl. legitimate
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 65, Map 14 APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Linkia elliptica (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Persoonia laureola Lindl. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 841 [secondary reference]
common name: Spreading Snottygobble [n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 150 [secondary reference]