Английская Википедия:Boronia amplectens

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Boronia amplectens is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is only known from two specimens collected from the Arnhem Land plateau in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a sprawling shrub with narrow elliptic leaves and four-petalled flowers.

Description

Boronia amplectens is a sprawling shrub that grows to Шаблон:Convert wide. Its branches are covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are narrow elliptic, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel up to Шаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are larger than the petals, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The four petals are Шаблон:Convert long but increase in length as the fruit develops. Flowering has been observed in March and May and the fruit is a capsule about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia amplectens was first formally described in 1997 by Marco Duretto who published the description in Australian Systematic Botany.[2] The specific epithet (amplectens) is derived from the Latin word amplector meaning "encircle", "enfold" or "embrace".[3]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia is only known from two plants growing on the Arnhem Land plateau in the Northern Territory.[1]

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