Boronia barkeriana

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Barker's boronia
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Boronia barkeriana subsp. angustifolia in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. barkeriana
Binomial name
Boronia barkeriana
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Boronia barkeriana, commonly known as Barker's boronia, [2] is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with ground-hugging branches, simple, toothed leaves and bright pink, four-petalled flowers.

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Description

Boronia barkeriana is a shrub with ground-hugging branches and which grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (0.7–3 ft) with glabrous, often reddish stems. It has simple, narrow lance-shaped to narrow egg-shaped leaves 10–33 mm (0.39–1.3 in) long and 2–10 mm (0.079–0.39 in) wide, usually without a petiole. The leaves have small teeth on the edge and are often reddish along the edges and undersides. Between two and eight bright pink to pinkish mauve flowers are arranged in groups in the leaf axils, each flower on a pedicel 4–18 mm (0.2–0.7 in) long. The four sepals are purple, triangular to egg-shaped, about 1.5–8 mm (0.06–0.3 in) long and 1–6 mm (0.04–0.2 in) wide. The four petals are 5–11 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long with their bases overlapping. The eight stamens have hairy edges. Flowering occurs mainly from September to December and the fruit are glabrous, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia barkeriana was first formally described in 1880 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from a specimen collected by "Mrs. C.A. Barker" near Mount Wilson. [5] [6]

There are three subspecies: [3] [2]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows in moist places on sandstone.

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References

  1. "Boronia barkeriana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Weston, Peter H.; Duretto, Marco F. "Boronia barkeriana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Duretto, Marco F. (1999). "Notes on Boronia (Rutaceae) in eastern and northern Australia" (PDF). Muelleria. 17: 58–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. "In flower this week (3 November, 2005)". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. "Boronia barkeriana". APNI. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1880). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae (Volume 11). Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 96–97. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. Weston, Peter H.; Duretto, Marco F. "Boronia barkeriana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. Weston, Peter H.; Duretto, Marco F. "Boronia barkeriana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. Weston, Peter H.; Duretto, Marco F. "Boronia barkeriana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2019.