Persoonia arborea

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Tree geebung

Persoonia arborea in Toolangi State Forest

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Persoonia
Species: P. arborea
Binomial name
Persoonia arborea
F.Muell.[1]
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[1]
Linkia arborea (F.Muell.) Kuntze

Persoonia arborea, commonly known as tree geebung,[2] is a species of large shrub or small tree
that is endemic to Victoria, Australia.

Contents
• 1 Description
• 2 Taxonomy
• 3 Distribution and habitat
• 4 References

Description
Persoonia arborea is a large shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 3–14 m (9.8–
45.9 ft), its young branchlets densely covered with greyish to rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are
narrow spatula-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 40–100 mm (1.6–
3.9 in) long and 6–21 mm (0.24–0.83 in) wide. The flowers are arranged singly in the axils of
leaves on a pedicel up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, the tepals 16–20 mm (0.63–0.79 in) long, hairy on
the outside with a spine 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long on the end and white anthers. Flowering
occurs from December to March and the fruit is a yellowish green, oval drupe up to about 14 mm
(0.55 in) long and 12 mm (0.47 in) wide.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy
Persoonia arborea was first formally described in 1865 by Ferdinand von Mueller in the fifth
volume of F
he collected from the "headwaters of the La Trobe and Yarra Rivers".[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

Tree geebung occurs in high rainfall mountain ash forest to the north-east of Melbourne at altitudes
of 450–1,200 m (1,480–3,940 ft). It is listed as "vulnerable" on the Department of Sustainability
and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.[7] However, within its
limited range it is relatively common, and is able to colonise disturbed areas. About 40% of its
habitat lies within the Yarra Ranges National Park, while the remaining 60% occurs on public land
utilised for logging.[4]

References
1.
• "Persoonia arborea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
• Jeanes, Jeff A. "Persoonia arborea". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 1 October
2020.
• Weston, Peter H. "Prostanthera arborea". Australian Biological Resources Study,
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 1 October
2020.
• "A Rare plant that is locally abundant". Rare Plants of Victoria ). Viridans Biological
Databases. 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
• "Persoonia arborea". APNI. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
• von Mueller, Ferdinand (1865). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian
Government Printer. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
•

7. "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014" (PDF). Department of

Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). Retrieved 1 October 2020.

• Wikidata: Q7170705
• APNI: 111867
• CoL: 76VB3
• FoAO2: Persoonia arborea
• GBIF: 5637916
• IPNI: 705377-1
Taxon identifiers • IUCN: 118152388
• NCBI: 1961263
• Open Tree of Life: 6128934
• POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:705377-1
• VicFlora: bae65ddd-a842-4bb6-a24e-9146439eaf2c
• WFO: wfo-0000483298

Categories:
• Persoonia
• Flora of Victoria (Australia)
• Plants described in 1865
• Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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