Английская Википедия:Boronia grimshawii

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Boronia grimshawii is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to mountain ranges in central Queensland, Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, simple leaves with a densely hairy, pale underside, and pink, four-petalled flowers.

Description

Boronia grimshawii is an erect, many-branched shrub which grows to a height of about Шаблон:Convert with its young branches densely covered with white, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a petiole Шаблон:Convert long. The lower surface of the leaf is a slightly paler colour than the upper surface. Up to three pink to white flowers are arranged on a stalk Шаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are egg-shaped to triangular, densely hairy, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The four petals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide but enlarge slightly as the fruit develops. The eight stamens alternate in length with those opposite the petals shorter than those near a sepal. Flowering occurs from June to October and the fruit are about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia grimshawii was first formally described in 2003 by Marco F. Duretto and the description was published in the journal Muelleria from a specimen collected near the property "Bronte Station".[3] The specific epithet (grimshawii) honours the Australian botanist Paul Grimshaw.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows in woodland but is only known from a single population on an eroded hillside on private property near Gayndah in south-east Queensland.[1]

Conservation

Boronia grimshawii is classed as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[2]

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