Boronia deanei
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| Deane's boronia | |
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| Subspecies deanei photographed on the Newnes Plateau | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Boronia |
| Species: | B. deanei |
| Binomial name | |
| Boronia deanei | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Boronia deanei, commonly known as Deane's boronia,[3] is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to the central and southern highlands of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with crowded, strongly aromatic leaves and white to bright pink flowers in late winter and spring.
Boronia deanei is an erect, glabrous shrub which grows to a height of 0.2–1.5 m (0.7–5 ft) and has slightly angled branches with scattered small warts. The leaves are divided into narrow, paired leaflets which are thick, strongly aromatic, linear in shape, 4–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) long and 0.5–2 mm (0.02–0.08 in) wide. They are smooth on the upper surface but glandular-warty on the lower side.[3][1]
The flowers are arranged near the ends of the branches in groups of up to three, each flower on a stalk 1–3 mm (0.04–0.1 in) long. The petals are white to bright pink, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long with their edges overlapping. There are eight stamens with glabrous filaments. Flowering occurs between August and November and the fruit is present in December.[3][1]
Taxonomy and naming
Boronia deanei was first formally described in 1907 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche from a specimen collected by Henry Deane in the Blue Mountains. The description was published in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[4][5] The specific epithet (deanei) honours the collector of the type specimen.
In 2002, Marco Duretto described two subspecies and the names have been accepted by the Australian Plant Census:[6]
Distribution and habitat
This boronia mainly occurs in the higher Blue Mountains north of Clarence, in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park and south to the South East Forests National Park. It grows near high altitude swamps, in wet heath and in open forest, often in poorly-drained soil.[1]