Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia falcata R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (8 March 1810) , On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1)
162
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In Novae Hollandiae ora orientali; Endeavour River: Jos. Banks, bart. Septentrionali, Carpentaria; prope littora. (ubi v.v. cum fruct. mater. flor. delaps.)"
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 falcata (Kuntze legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
439, Fig. 427
[secondary reference]
Vernacular:
Booral
Vernacular:
Nanchee
Vernacular:
Tarpoon
Domin, K. (1921) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
580
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia falcata (Kuntze legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia mimosoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology
219
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
229
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Proteaceae. Flora of Central Australia
18, Fig. 33
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2
216
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
65
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
71
[secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family
65 (plate), 485 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia mimosoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
vernacular name:
awulka
[n/a]
common name:
geebung
[n/a]
common name:
nanchee
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From Latin, falcatus , falcate or sickle-shaped, referring to the leaf shape."
Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Hakea. Flora of the Kimberley Region
479-480, Fig. 148
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Booral [n/a]
common name:
Wild Pear [n/a]
common name:
Tarpoon [n/a]
Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994) , The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1)
143-145, Fig. 30 (map)
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
(here designated): a sheet labelled 'No. 3293 14 Persoonia falcata prodr. 373 Carpentaria Island k Decr. 20: 1802'; annotated by Brown (BM, photo NSW). The specimen on the upper right-hand side of the sheet is designated lectotype.
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia falcata (Kuntze legitimate
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995) , Flora of the Darwin Region 2
126, Fig. 36
[secondary reference]
common name:
Milky Plum [n/a]
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995) , Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16
119, Fig. 44, Map 108
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia falcata (Kuntze legitimate
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
171
[secondary reference]
common name:
Geebung [n/a]
common name:
Wild Pear [n/a]
Vernacular:
wongatt (Nyul Nyul)
Vernacular:
ngaliwany (Yawuru)
Vernacular:
gamooloon (Bardi)
Vernacular:
wankid (Nyul Nyul)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia falcata (Kuntze legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia mimosoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
