Boronia subulifolia

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Boronia subulifolia
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Boronia subulifolia 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. subulifolia
Binomial name
Boronia subulifolia
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Boronia subulifolia is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-eastern New South Wales in Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub with pinnate leaves with mostly linear leaflets, and light to deep pink, four-petalled flowers in the leaf axils or on the ends of the branches.

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Description

Boronia subulifolia is an erect, woody shrub that grows to a height of 0.25–1.2 m (0.8–4 ft) with more or less hairy younger stems. The leaves are pinnate with mostly five or seven leaflets and are 6–20 mm (0.2–0.8 in) long and 4–26 mm (0.2–1 in) wide in outline on a petiole 1–4 mm (0.04–0.2 in) long. The leaflets are linear to lance-shaped, 2.5–15 mm (0.1–0.6 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.02–0.04 in) wide. The flowers are light to deep pink and are usually arranged singly in leaf axils or on the ends of branches on a pedicel up to 1 mm (0.04 in) long. The four sepals are narrow triangular, 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) wide and hairy on the lower side. The four petals are 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and are slightly hairy. The stigma is about the same width as the style. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is a mostly glabrous capsule 3–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in) long and 1.5–2.5 mm (0.06–0.1 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia subulifolia was first formally described in 1928 by Edwin Cheel and the description was published in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales . [4] [5] The specific epithet (subulifolia) is derived from Latin word subula meaning "an awl" [6] :113 and folium meaning "a leaf", [6] :466 referring to the finely pointed leaflets. [7]

Distribution and habitat

Boronia subulifolia grows in heath and woodland on rocky sandstone, mainly in the Budawang Range. [2]

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References

  1. "Boronia subulifolia". Australian Plant Census . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Boronia subulifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. Duretto, Marco F. (2003). "Notes on Boronia (Rutaceae) in eastern and northern Australia" (PDF). Muelleria. 17: 89–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. "Boronia subulifolia". APNI. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  5. Cheel, Edwin (1928). "Descriptions of four new species of Boronia with notes on certain other species". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 61: 402–403. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  7. Nipperess, Richard. "Boronia subulifolia". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 15 February 2019.