Boronia prolixa

Boronia prolixa is a species of plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is a low-lying shrub with hairy branches, leaves and flower parts, simple leaves and white to pink flowers with the sepals longer and wider than the petals.

Boronia prolixa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. prolixa
Binomial name
Boronia prolixa
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Description

Boronia prolixa is a low-lying shrub that typically has branches to about 50 cm (20 in) long. Its branches, leaves and some flower parts are covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 4.5–32 mm (0.18–1.3 in) long, 2.5–16 mm (0.1–0.6 in) wide and sessile or on a petiole up to 2 mm (0.08 in) long. The flowers have a pedicel 6–21 mm (0.2–0.8 in) long. The sepals are white to pink, egg-shaped to triangular, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and 1.5–3 mm (0.06–0.1 in) wide. The petals are 3–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long and 1–1.5 mm (0.04–0.06 in) wide. The sepals and petals enlarge as the fruit develops. Flowering occurs mainly from February to June.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia prolixa was first formally described in 1997 by Marco F. Duretto who published the description in Australian Systematic Botany.[4] The specific epithet (prolixa) is a Latin word meaning "stretched out" or "long".[5]

Distribution and habitat

Boronia prolixa grows in sandstone heath and woodland on the north-western Arnhem Plateau.[2][3]

References
  1. "Boronia prolixa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. Duretto, Marco F. (1999). "Systematics of Boronia section Valvatae sensu lato (Rutaceae)" (PDF). Muelleria. 12 (1): 100–101. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. "Boronia prolixa". Northern Territory Government flora online. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. "Boronia prolixa". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 634.
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