Biology:Boronia penicillata
| Boronia penicillata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Boronia |
| Species: | B. penicillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Boronia penicillata Benth.[1]
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Boronia penicillata is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with pinnate leaves and white flowers with four petals and eight stamens.
Description
Boronia penicillata is a spreading shrub that grows to a height of 30 cm (10 in). The leaves are sessile and pinnate with three or five leaflets, each leaflet linear to narrow wedge-shaped and 5–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) long. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) long. The four sepals are egg-shaped, 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and the four petals are white and 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.14 in) long. The eight stamens are slightly hairy and there is a very short point on the end of the anthers. Flowering occurs mainly from October to November.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia penicillata was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham from a specimen collected by James Drummond and the description was published in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] The specific epithet (penicillata) is derived from the Latin word penicillum meaning "little tail", "painter's brush" or "tuft".[6]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia grows in sand and has a disjunct distribution between Toodyay and the Fitzgerald River.[2]
Conservation
Boronia penicillata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]
References
- ↑ "Boronia penicillata". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/60765. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Duretto, Marco F.; Wilson, Paul G.; Ladiges, Pauline Y.. "Boronia penicillata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Boronia%20penicillata. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Boronia penicillata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4435.
- ↑ "Boronia penicillata". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/466016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co.. p. 322. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/3669#page/380/mode/1up. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 173.
Wikidata ☰ Q15388014 entry
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