A molecular phylogeny of Boronia (Rutaceae): placement of enigmatic taxa and a revised infrageneric classification
Author
Duretto, Marco F.
Author
Heslewood, Margaret M.
Author
Bayly, Michael J.
text
Australian Systematic Botany
2023
2023-04-05
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb22019
journal article
10.1071/SB22019
1446-5701
10904323
Boronia
[section
Boronella
] series
Glabrae
Duretto & Heslewood,
ser. nov.
Type
:
Boronia koniambiensis
Däniker.
Differs from series
Boronella
by the glabrous branches (
v
. pilose
at nodes), opposite–decussate leave (
v
. verticillate
in whorls of 3), and petals being valvate in bud (
v
. imbricate
in bud).
Branches glabrous. Leaves opposite–decussate. Inflorescence a terminal cyme; bracts and bracteoles deciduous. Petals valvate in bud.
A
monotypic series confined to the Koniambo Massif, north-eastern Grande Terre,
New Caledonia
.
Etymology
The series epithet is derived from the Latin
glabrus
alluding to the glabrous branches, which is one of the features that distinguishes this species from all other species in section
Boronella
.