Boronia corynophylla

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Boronia corynophylla
Status DECF P2.svg
Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. corynophylla
Binomial name
Boronia corynophylla

Boronia corynophylla is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with thin, simple, cylindrical to narrow club-shaped leaves and pale red, four-petalled flowers in groups of up to three on the ends of the branches.

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Description

Boronia corynophylla is a spreading, densely branched shrub that grows to a height of about 30 cm (10 in) with its branches covered with soft hairs. It has simple, thin cylindrical to narrow spindle-shaped or club-shaped leaves 7–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long and about 1 mm (0.04 in) wide. The flowers are pale red and are borne singly or in groups of up to three on the end of the stems, each on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) long with two tiny bracteoles at the base. The four sepals are egg-shaped, dark reddish brown, 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.12 in) long and hairy with many pimply glands. The four petals are egg-shaped and leathery, about 5 mm (0.2 in) long with their bases overlapping. The eight stamens are club-shaped with those nearest the sepals slightly longer than those near the petals. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia corynophylla was first formally described in 1998 by Paul G. Wilson and the description was published in Nuytsia from a specimen collected in the Frank Hann National Park. [4] [2] The specific epithet (corynophylla) is derived from the Ancient Greek words koryne meaning "club" or "mace" [5] :213 and phyllon meaning "leaf", [5] :466 referring to the club-shaped leaves. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows is only known from the Frank Hann National Park where it grows in Eucalyptus salmonophloia woodland. [2] [3]

Conservation

Boronia corynophylla is classified as "Priority Two" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [3] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [6]

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References

  1. "Boronia corynophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "New names and new taxa in the genus Boronia (Rutaceae) from Western Australia, with notes on seed characters". Nuytsia. 12 (1): 143–144. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Boronia corynophylla". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Boronia corynophylla". APNI. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  6. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 March 2019.