Английская Википедия:Boronia ternata

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Boronia ternata is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, simple or trifoliate leaves and white to pink four-petalled flowers.

Description

Boronia ternata is a shrub which grows to a height of about Шаблон:Convert and many branches. The leaves are simple or trifoliate, the end leaflet elliptic to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The side leaflets are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and the petiole is up to Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers white to pink and are usually arranged singly, sometimes in groups of up to three on a pedicel Шаблон:Convert long. The four sepals are elliptic to lance-shaped or egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The four petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert long but enlarge as the fruit develops. The eight stamens alternate in length with those nearest the sepals longer than those near the petals. Flowering occurs from April to November. The fruit is a capsule Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia ternata was first formally described in 1839 by Stephan Endlicher and the description was published in his book Novarum Stirpium Decades. The specific epithet (ternata) is a Latin word meaning "consisting of threes".

Six varieties of Boronia ternata have been described and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

• Boronia ternata var. austrofoliosa Duretto;
• Boronia ternata var. elongata Paul G.Wilson;
• Boronia ternata var. foliosa (S.Moore) Paul G.Wilson;
• Boronia ternata var. glabrifolia F.Muell.;
• Boronia ternata var. promiscua Duretto;
• Boronia ternata Endl. var. ternata.

Distribution and habitat

This boronia grows on undulating plains, hills, stony cliffs and breakaways in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions of Western Australia.

Conservation

Boronia ternata is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.