Boronia gracilipes

Boronia gracilipes, commonly known as karri boronia,[2] is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with compound leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers.

Karri boronia
Boronia gracilipes in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Boronia
Species:
B. gracilipes
Binomial name
Boronia gracilipes
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Description

Boronia gracilipes is an erect, spindly shrub that usually grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (0.98–3.9 ft) tall, its stems covered with long, soft hairs. It has flat, compound leaves less than 10 mm (0.39 in) long, usually with five or seven lance-shaped to oblong leaflets. The flowers are pink and arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 10–30 mm (0.39–1.2 in) long. The four sepals are triangular to almost round and overlap at their bases. The petals are about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and glabrous with their bases overlapping. The stigma is large and oval, almost without a style. Flowering occurs mainly from July to December.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Boronia gracilipes was first formally described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (gracilipes) is derived from the Latin words gracilis meaning "slender"[7]:791 and pes meaning "foot".[7]:343

Distribution and habitat

Karri boronia grows in shady places in gullies and granite outcrops in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions of Western Australia.[2]

Conservation

Boronia gracilipes is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

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References
  1. "Boronia gracilipes". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Boronia gracilipes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis (Volume 1). London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 318. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. "Species of Boronia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. "Boronia gracilipes". APNI. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1860). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae (Volume 2). Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 99. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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