Boronia gracilipes
| Karri boronia | |
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| Boronia gracilipes in the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Boronia |
| Species: | B. gracilipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Boronia gracilipes | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Boronia gracilipes, commonly known as karri boronia,[2] is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with compound leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers.
Description[edit]
Boronia gracilipes is an erect, spindly shrub that usually grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (0.98–3.9 ft) tall, its stems covered with long, soft hairs. It has flat, compound leaves less than 10 mm (0.39 in) long, usually with five or seven lance-shaped to oblong leaflets. The flowers are pink and arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 10–30 mm (0.39–1.2 in) long. The four sepals are triangular to almost round and overlap at their bases. The petals are about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and glabrous with their bases overlapping. The stigma is large and oval, almost without a style. Flowering occurs mainly from July to December.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming[edit]
Boronia gracilipes was first formally described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (gracilipes) is derived from the Latin words gracilis meaning "slender"[7]: 791 and pes meaning "foot".[7]: 343
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Karri boronia grows in shady places in gullies and granite outcrops in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions of Western Australia.[2]
Conservation[edit]
Boronia gracilipes is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Boronia gracilipes". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Boronia gracilipes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis (Volume 1). London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 318. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Species of Boronia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Boronia gracilipes". APNI. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1860). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae (Volume 2). Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 99. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.