Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Persoonia hexagona
Proteaceae Juss.
Persoonia hexagona P.H.Weston , legitimate, scientific
Weston, P.H. (18 September 1994), The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae). Telopea 6(1): 128-129, Fig. 25a (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia: Avon: Road from Perenjori to Paynes Find via Warriedar, 3.2 km W of turn-off to Karara, 29 20' S, 116 40' E, P.H. Weston 182, 26 Nov 1980 (SYD). Isotypes: CANB, K, NSW, NY, PERTH.
taxonomic synonym: Persoonia angustiflora var. pedicellaris Benth. legitimate
  • Etymology: "From the Greek hexagonos, six-angled, in reference to the six-angled, subterete leaves."
Weston, P.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Proteaceae subfam. 1. Persoonioideae. Flora of Australia 16: 115, Fig. 43, Map 99 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA