Species profile—Boronia repanda

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Rutaceae → Boronia repanda

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Species details

Kingdom

Plantae (plants)

Class

Equisetopsida (land plants)

Family

Rutaceae

Scientific name

Boronia repanda (F.Muell. ex Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche

WildNet taxon ID

17841

Alternate name(s)

bordor boronia
Repand boronia

Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status

Endangered

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status

Endangered

Conservation significant

Yes

Confidential

No

Endemicity

Native

Pest status

Nil

Description

Boronia repanda is a small erect shrub growing to 1.5m tall. Young branches are covered with white hairs. The leaves are thick, glandular warty and oblong, measuring 5-23mm long by 1-6mm wide and have a stalk 0.5-1.5mm long. Both leaf surfaces are moderately hairy, the lower surface is paler green in colour. The leaf margins are uneven and warty, and recurved (curved under). The flowers are borne singly and have stalks 2.5-4.5mm long. The sepals (leaf-like flower parts attached to the outer base of the flower) are hairy and 3-4.5mm long. The petals are pink or occasionally white, 6-9mm long, hairy on the outside, and persistent in fruit. The oblong hairy fruits are laterally flattened and approximately 5mm long. (Stanley & Ross 1983; Wang 1999; DPIE 2018; DOE 2020).

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Distribution

This species is found in the Stanthorpe area in south-eastern Queensland and the Northern Tablelands of north-eastern New South Wales. (Wang 1999; Herbrecs 2008).

Distributional limits

-28.4919444, 151.8317669
-28.6300203, 151.995

Range derivation

Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records

Habitat

Boronia repanda is found in remnant heath and eucalypt open forest amongst granite outcrops, up to 900m above sea level. It grows in sandy and sandy loam soils. (Wang 1999).

Behaviour

This species has been reported to be fire sensitive; adult plants are killed by fire, and regeneration after fire is dependent upon a soil-stored seedbank (DPIE 2018). However, recent observations by the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium (pers. comm. Feb 2020) documented resprouting from the base of plants as well as along blackened stems.

Reproduction

This species flowers from July to November and flowering can be prolific. The fruiting period is unknown. (Wang 1999).

Threatening processes

Agriculture and forestry.

Notes

Contributors: Weslawa Misiak 10/09/1998; Ailsa Holland, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009; Paul Forster, Gill Brown 20/02/2020.

References

Department of Planning, Industry and Environment NSW (2018). Granite Rose - profile, in Threatened Species. Department of Planning, Industry and Environment NSW. Accessed 20/02/2020. Available from: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10099
Department of the Environment (2020). Boronia repanda in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Accessed 25/02/2020. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat
Herbrecs (2008). Boronia repanda, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 25/09/2008.
Maiden, J.H. and E. Betche (1907) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 732.
Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1983). Flora of south-eastern Queensland (volume 1). Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.
Wang, J. (1999). Boronia repanda, in Species Management Manual. Department of Natural Resources, Brisbane.

Profile author

Ailsa Holland (25/02/2020)

Other resources

• Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
• The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
• Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17841.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.