Talk:Persoonia levis

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Article says Persoonia levis first collected in 1797, but later says plantsmen in England germinated seed 'as early as 1795'. Is there an inconsistency here?--A bit iffy (talk) 00:09, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Luis Née visited Port Jackson in 1793 with the Malaspina expedition. Additionally a specimen of the plant was collected at Botany Bay in 1770 on James Cook's voyage, so it was not the first collection. I've made corresponding changes to the article. Thanks for pointing out the anomaly.--Melburnian (talk) 05:38, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Are you sure about the 1770 collection? Surprising then that Gaertner didn't give it a name...Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:31, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The note that it was collected at Botany Bay in 1770 is here. In the section "The Botany Bay plant specimens" it details how a lot of the specimens did not end up being formally described. I had always wondered why there seemed to be so few type specimens from there.--Melburnian (talk) 10:06, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Weird thing is then, there is more which is not listed...P. linearis is not there and Gaertner described it from Banks collection, also Banksia robur (though mistaken for B. dentata...hmmm. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:18, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The National Herbarium of Victoria has a preserved specimen of Persoonia levis collected by Banks and Solander in 1770 with locality given as Botany Bay. (search for MEL 2176730A and view record) According to Flora of Australia Online, Pentadactylon angustifolium C.F.Gaertn the type specimen is indeed from Banks herbarium, but the collector is listed as "unknown" and no collection date is given. I can't find any reference that indicates that Banksia robur was collected from Botany Bay in 1770. --Melburnian (talk) 00:56, 25 February 2013 (UTC) (Ah, now I have, in Collins, Collins & George's Banksias p.3, a mention of a specimen at the Natural History Museum--Melburnian (talk) 02:00, 25 February 2013 (UTC).)

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