Английская Википедия:Boronia revoluta

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Boronia revoluta, commonly known as Ironcap boronia, is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with three-part leaves and pink or white, four-petalled flowers.

Description

Boronia revoluta is an erect shrub that grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt with its young stems covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are trifoliate and each leaflet is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide, the leaves on a petiole about Шаблон:Convert long. The edges of the leaflets are rolled under and the end leaflet longer than those on the side. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a top-shaped, red pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. There are two or four narrow triangular bracteoles about Шаблон:Cvt long at the base of the flowers. The four sepals are red, narrow triangular to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long. The four petals are pink or white, egg-shaped and Шаблон:Convert long with a hairy back. The eight stamens are Шаблон:Cvt long with heart-shaped anthers about Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from July to October.[1][2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia revoluta was first formally described in 1971 by Paul Wilson and the description was published in Nuytsia from a specimen collected by Kenneth Newbey about Шаблон:Cvt north-north-east of Lake King.[5][1] The specific epithet (revoluta) is a Latin word meaning "turned over" or "rolled back".[6]

Distribution and habitat

Ironcap boronia grows in low eucalypt woodland on ridge tops and small hills in the Ironcap and Hatter Hill areas north-east of Lake King in the Mallee biogeographic region.[4][2]

Conservation

Boronia revoluta is classified as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia). The main threats to the species are mineral exploration and mining.[2][4]

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