Biology:Boronia ovata
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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. ovata
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| Binomial name | |
| Boronia ovata Lindl.[1]
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Boronia ovata is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open shrub with simple, egg-shaped leaves and pink to mauve four-petalled flowers. It is found in the Darling Range near Perth.
Description
Boronia ovata is an open shrub that grows to a height of about 40 cm (16 in) and has broadly egg-shaped leaves that about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. The flowers are arranged in small groups on the ends of the branches, each flower on the end of a thin pedicel 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The four sepals are red, broadly egg-shaped with a pointed tip and about 2.5 mm (0.1 in) long. The four petals are pink to mauve, elliptic and about 8 mm (0.3 in) long. The eight stamens are glabrous with an anther about 1 mm (0.04 in) long with a small white tip. The stigma is minute. Flowering occurs from September to November.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia ovata was first formally described in 1841 by John Lindley and the description was published in Edwards's Botanical Register.[4][5] The specific epithet (ovata) is a Latin word meaning "egg-shaped".[6]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia grows in eucalypt woodland in the Darling Range between New Norica and Boddington in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions.[2][3]
Conservation
Boronia ovata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]
References
- ↑ "Boronia ovata". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/60689. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Duretto, Marco F.; Wilson, Paul G.; Ladiges, Pauline Y.. "Boronia ovata". Flora of Australia: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Boronia%20ovata. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Boronia ovata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4432.
- ↑ "Boronia ovata". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/464456. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ Lindley, John (1841). Edwards's Botanical Register (Volume 27). London: James Ridgway. p. sub.t. 47. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/465919. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 296.
Wikidata ☰ Q18081155 entry
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