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Borya

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Borya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boryaceae, endemic to Australia.[2]

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Borya
Borya constricta habit
Borya sphaerocephala flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Boryaceae
Genus: Borya
Labill.[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Baumgartenia Spreng.
  • Daviesia Poir. 1817, illegitimate homonym, not Sm. 1798
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As of September 2026, Plants of the World Online accepted 12 species:[2]

  • Borya constricta Churchill - Western Australia
  • Borya inopinata P.I.Forst. & E.J.Thomps. - Queensland
  • Borya jabirabela Churchill - Northern Territory
  • Borya laciniata Churchill - Western Australia
  • Borya longiscapa Churchill - Western Australia
  • Borya mirabilis Churchill - Victoria
  • Borya nitida Labill. - Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia
  • Borya scirpoidea Lindl. - Western Australia
  • Borya septentrionalis F.Muell. - Queensland
  • Borya sphaerocephala R.Br. - Western Australia
  • Borya stenophylla M.D.Barrett - Western Australia
  • Borya subulata G.A.Gardner - Western Australia

The Western Australian Herbarium also lists following undescribed species:

  • Borya sp. Wheatbelt (A.S. George 16470)[3]

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