Persoonia iogyna

Persoonia iogyna is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with hairy young branchlets, narrow elliptical to lance-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and green fruit.

Description

Persoonia iogyna is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of with smooth bark and hairy young branchlets. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, narrow elliptical to lance-shaped, long and wide with the edges curved downwards. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to eleven, each flower on a pedicel long. The tepals are yellow and long. Flowering occurs from December to February and the fruit is a green drupe about long and wide.

Taxonomy

Persoonia iogyna was first formally described in 1994 by Peter Weston and Lawrie Johnson from material collected near Mount Nebo in 1990.

Distribution and habitat

This geebung grows in eucalypt forest at altitudes from in the Conondale and D'Aguilar Ranges in south-eastern Queensland.

Conservation status

Persoonia iogyna is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.