Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia myrtilloides Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f. , legitimate , scientific
Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. in Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (ed.) (1827) , Mantissa in Volumen ... Systematis Vegetabilium 3
272
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Sieber. Herb. nov. Holl. Nro. 52."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861) , Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly
18
[secondary reference]
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 myrtilloides (Sieber ex Kuntze legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
169
[secondary reference]
Wakefield, N.A. (1955) , Flora of Victoria: New species and other additions - 6. The Victorian Naturalist 72(7)
108
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia myrtilloides var. brevifolia Benth. 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]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family
482 (plate), 491 (map)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia cunninghamii R.Br. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia oleifolia Endl. nom. inval., pro syn.
Etymology:
"From the genus Myrtus , the myrtle, and Latin suffix, -illus , a diminutive, and Greek -oides , resembling; refers to its resemblance to a small myrtle."
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales 2
10-11
[secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1 March 1991) , Taxonomic changes in Persoonia (Proteaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(2)
273
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"(here designated): M. RESIDUAL SYNTYPES: K,M,MEL,NSW,NY."
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995) , Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16
74
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia myrtilloides (Sieber ex Kuntze legitimate
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Persoonia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
11
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Linkia myrtilloides (Sieber ex Kuntze legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Persoonia oleifolia Endl. nom. inval., pro syn.
APC Comment:
Hybridises sporadically with P. acerosa, P. levis and, more extensively, with P. recedens.
APC Dist.:
NSW
