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Persoonia hirsuta hirsuta (Persoonia hirsuta hirsuta)

Description

Persoonia hirsuta, commonly known as the hairy persoonia or hairy geebung, is a shrub native to New South Wales in eastern Australia.First collected by John White in the vicinity of Port Jackson (Sydney) in 1794, Persoonia hirsuta was described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in his 1805 work Synopsis Plantarum. The species name hirsuta is the Latin adjective hirsutus "covered with long coarse hairs", and refers to the hairy nature of the plant.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Persoonia