Isopogon Knight

Conesticks

Greek isos — equal, pogon — beard, referring either to the tufts of hairs at the tips of the petal-like segments, or to the hairs which cover the nut.

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple or compound, cylindrical or flattened, stiff. Flower cluster a dense axillary or terminal spike, cone-like, consisting of many scales, spherical to ovoid, sometimes stalked. Flowers regular, bisexual. Stamens 4. Ovary with 1 chamber and 1(2), ovules. Fruit cones with scales separating readily. Fruit a small, hairy nut that is neither flattened nor winged.

35 species endemic to Australia with a centre of distribution of 27 species in SW WA.

From seed or from cuttings for selected forms.

Similar to Petrophile but the cone scales falling with the fruits; nut not strongly flattened.

Popular: Sainsbury (1987).

Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
Higher taxa
Subordinate taxa
species         Isopogon buxifolius R.Br.
species         Isopogon ceratophyllus R.Br.
species         Isopogon cuneatus R.Br.
species         Isopogon dubius (R.Br.) Druce
species         Isopogon formosus R.Br.
species         Isopogon latifolius R.Br.
species         Isopogon trilobus R.Br.