Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Persoonia pertinax
Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia pertinax P.H.Weston , legitimate, scientific
Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 103-104, Fig. 17a (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia: Helms: Queen Victoria Spring, R.D.Royce 5299, 27 Jan 1956 (PERTH).
  • Etymology: "From the Latin, pertinax, tenacious or unyielding, referring to the ability of this species to withstand its arid habitat."
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 105, Map 83 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA