Borya
Borya constricta habit
Borya sphaerocephala flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Boryaceae
Genus: Borya
Labill.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Baumgartenia Spreng.
  • Daviesia Poir. 1817, illegitimate homonym, not Sm. 1798

Borya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boryaceae, endemic to Australia.[1]

As of July 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 11 species:[2] The Western Australia Flora lists nine current taxa.[3]

  • Borya constricta Churchill - Western Australia
  • Borya laciniata Churchill - Western Australia
  • Borya longiscapa Churchill - Western Australia
  • Borya nitida Labill. - Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia
  • Borya scirpoidea Lindl. - Western Australia
  • Borya sp. Wheatbelt (A.S. George 16470)[4]
  • Borya sphaerocephala R.Br. - Western Australia
  • Borya stenophylla M.D.Barrett - Western Australia[5]
  • Borya subulata G.A.Gardner - Western Australia
  • Borya jabirabela Churchill - Northern Territory[6]
  • Borya septentrionalis F.Muell. - Queensland
  • Borya inopinata P.I.Forst. & E.J.Thomps. - Queensland [7]
  • Borya mirabilis Churchill - Victoria

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Borya", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-07-28
  2. ↑ Search for "Borya", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-07-29
  3. ↑ "query: Borya". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Borya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. ↑ "Borya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ↑ "This taxon does not occur in WA. Fide M.D. Barrett in litt. (04/09/2018)""Borya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  7. ↑ Forster, Paul I.; Thompson, E. John (1997). "Borya inopinata (Anthericaceae), a new species of resurrection plant from north Queensland". Austrobaileya. 4 (4): 597–600. doi:10.5962/p.365841. S2CID 260266145.


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