Persoonioideae

taxobox
name = "Persoonia"

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image_caption = "Persoonia levis"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
subfamilia=Persoonioideae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Persoonia"
"Acidonia"
"Toronia"
"Placospermum"|The Persoonioideae are a subfamily of closely releted genera within the large and diverse Proteaceae family and incorporates such genera as "Persoonia", "Acidonia", "Toronia" and "Placospermum".

Like most Proteaceae, the great majority of species of Persoonioideae are plants of well-drained, acid, siliceous soils that are low in nutrients. Two south western species ("Acidonia microcarpa", "Persoonia graminea") grow in swampy habitats, three others ("P. acicularis", "P. bowgada" and "P. hexagona") tolerate mildly calcareous soils, and several south eastern species sometimes grow on basalt-derived soils, and but these are exceptional. The greatest diversity of species is found in areas with soils derived from sandstones and granites.

"Placospermum coriaceum" is the only species of Persoonioideae that usually completes its entire life cycle in rainforests. The others are basically plants of the shrubby strata of heathlands, and sclerophyll forests and woodlands. However, some species, such as "Persoonia arborea", "P. media" and "P. amaliae" occasionally find themselves surrounded by rainforests that have replaced the sclerophyll communities in which the plants germinated.

References

*cite journal|author=Bernhardt, P. and Weston, P. H.|year=1996|title=The pollination ecology of "Persoonia" (Proteaceae) in eastern Australia|journal=Telopea|volume=6|pages=775–804
*cite book|author=Maynard, G. V.|year=1995|chapter=Pollinators of Australian Proteaceae|editor=McCarthy, Patrick (ed.)|title=Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1|pages=30–33|publisher=CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study|id=ISBN 0-643-05693-9
*cite book|author=Weston, P. H.|year=1995|chapter=Persoonioideae|editor=McCarthy, Patrick (ed.)|title=Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1|pages=47–125|publisher=CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study|id=ISBN 0-643-05693-9
*cite journal|author=Weston, P. H.|year=2003|title=Proteaceae subfamily Persoonioideae|journal=Australian Plants|publisher=ASGAP|volume=22|issue=175|pages=62–78
*Weston, P. H. (2006). "pers. comm."