Boronia capitata

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Cluster boronia
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Boronia capitata near Quairading
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. capitata
Binomial name
Boronia capitata
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Boronia capitata, commonly known as the cluster boronia, [2] is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, spreading shrub with simple leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers.

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Description

Boronia capitata is a slender, spreading shrub that grows to a height of 15–130 cm (6–50 in). It has simple, thick, linear to club-shaped leaves 4–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long. The flowers are pink and are arranged in clusters on the ends of the branches, each on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.04–0.1 in) long. The four sepals are broadly elliptic to narrow triangular, and the four petals are broadly elliptic, about 6 mm (0.2 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia capitata was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis from a specimen collected by James Drummond. [4] [6] The specific epithet (capitata) is a Latin word meaning "having a head". [7]

In 1971, Paul G. Wilson described three subspecies: [8]

Distribution and habitat

Conservation

Subspecies clavata is classified as "not threatened" [13] but subspecies gracilis is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [14] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [15] Subspecies capitata is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 [16] and as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia). [12] The main threats to this subspecies are clearing and fragmentation of its habitat. [16]

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References

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  4. 1 2 Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis. 1. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 323. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. Corrick, Margaret G.; Fuhrer, Bruce A. (2009). Wildflowers of southern Western Australia (3rd ed.). Dural, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 190. ISBN   9781877058844.
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  7. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 399.
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  10. 1 2 Duretto, Marco F.; Wilson, Paul G.; Ladiges, Pauline Y. "Boronia capitata subsp. clavata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  11. 1 2 Duretto, Marco F.; Wilson, Paul G.; Ladiges, Pauline Y. "Boronia capitata subsp. gracilis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Boronia capitata subsp. capitata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  13. 1 2 "Boronia capitata subsp. clavata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  14. 1 2 "Boronia capitata subsp. gracilis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  15. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  16. 1 2 "Approved Conservation Advice for Boronia capitata subsp. capitata" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 20 March 2019.