Английская Википедия:Boronia elisabethiae

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Boronia elisabethiae is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a semi-erect or weakly spreading, woody shrub with pinnate leaves and white to pink, four-petalled flowers.

Description

Boronia elisabethiae is a semi-erect or weakly spreading, woody shrub that grows to about Шаблон:Convert high and Шаблон:Convert wide. It has pinnate leaves with between three and nine leaflets, the entire leaf Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide in outline on a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The end leaflet is narrow elliptic to linear, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and the side leaflet are similar but longer. The flowers are white to pink and are arranged singly or in groups of up to three in upper leaf axils or on the ends of the branches. The flowers are borne on a stalk Шаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are triangular, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The four petals are Шаблон:Convert long and the eight stamens are slightly hairy. Flowering occurs from November to March and the fruit is a capsule about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia elisabethiae was first formally described in 2003 by Marco F. Duretto who published the description in Muelleria from a specimen collected near Lake Pedder.[3][1] The specific epithet (elisabethiae) honours Elisabeth Murdoch, a patron of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows in heath and button grass moorland in western Tasmania.[1]

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