Английская Википедия:Boronia rupicola
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Boronia rupicola 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 small shrub with weeping branches, simple or pinnate leaves and small, green, inconspicuous flowers.
Description
Boronia rupicola is a shrub with weeping branches, that typically grows to a height of about Шаблон:Cvt and is able to grow from its rootstock. Its branches are brittle and more or less square in cross-section. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and there are both simple and pinnate leaves that are much paler on the lower surface. The leaves are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide in outline, on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaflets are elliptic to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are yellowish green and are borne singly, sometimes in groups of up to three on a peduncle Шаблон:Convert long, individual flowers on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The sepals are egg-shaped to triangular, Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide. Flowering occurs between March and July and the fruit is a capsule about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia rupicola was first formally described in 1997 by Marco F. Duretto who published the description in the journal Nuytsia.[4] The specific epithet (rupicola) is said to be derived form Latin rupestris, meaning "rocky" and incola, meaning, "inhabitant", referring to the specialised habitat of this species.[5]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia grows exclusively on vertical rock faces and is only known from Mount Brockman in Kakadu National Park and south of Nabarlek in Arnhem Land.[1][2][3]
Conservation status
This species is listed as "near threatened" under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000.[2]
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