Английская Википедия:Boronia amabilis
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Boronia amabilis, commonly known as Wyberba boronia,[1] is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is an erect shrub with many branches, pinnate leaves with hairy lower surfaces and pink, four-petalled flowers.
Description
Boronia amabilis is an erect shrub that grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert with many branches covered with dense white to reddish brown, star-shaped hairs but which become glabrous with age. The leaves are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide in outline, and pinnate. They have between three and fifteen elliptic leaflets that are hairy on the lower side. The end leaflet is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide, the others slightly smaller. The flowers are pink and are arranged in leaf axils, mainly in groups of between three and seven. The groups are borne on a peduncle Шаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are narrow egg-shaped to triangular, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The four petals are mostly Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and hairy on the lower surface. The eight stamens alternate in length, the slightly shorter ones opposite the petals. The fruits are glabrous, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia amabilis was first formally described in 1963 by Stanley Thatcher Blake and the description was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.[2] The specific epithet (amabilis) is a Latin word meaning "lovely".[3]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia grows in forest and woodland over granite between Wyberba and nearby Girraween National Park in south-eastern Queensland.[1]
Conservation
Boronia amabilis is classified as "near threatened" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]
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