A
molecular phylogenetic study in 2020 showed that as then
circumscribed ''Boronia'' was
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of conver ...
, and species were moved to other genera, mainly ''
Cyanothamnus''.
[ The split was accepted in a 2021 classification of the family ]Rutaceae
The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rue[RUTACEAE](_blank)
in BoDD – Botanical Der ...
.[ The following list shows the species accepted by Plants of the World Online, .]Boronia algida
''Boronia algida'', commonly known as alpine boronia, is a flowering plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, pinnate leaves and white to bright pink, four- petalled ...
'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia alulata'' Sol. ex Benth.
*'' Boronia amabilis'' S.T.Blake
*'' Boronia amplectens'' Duretto
*'' Boronia anceps'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia angustisepala'' Duretto
*'' Boronia anomala'' Duretto
*'' Boronia barkeriana'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia barrettiorum'' Duretto
*'' Boronia beeronensis'' Duretto
*'' Boronia bella'' Duretto
*'' Boronia boliviensis'' J.B.Williams & J.T.Hunter
*'' Boronia bowmanii'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia capitata'' Benth.
*'' Boronia chartacea'' P.H.Weston
*'' Boronia citrata'' N.G.Walsh
*'' Boronia citriodora'' Gunn ex Hook.f.
*'' Boronia clavata'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia coriacea'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia corynophylla'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia crassifolia'' Bartl.
*'' Boronia crassipes'' Bartl.
*'' Boronia cremnophila'' R.L.Barrett, M.D.Barrett & Duretto
*'' Boronia crenulata'' Sm.
*'' Boronia cymosa'' Endl.
*'' Boronia deanei'' Maiden & Betche
*'' Boronia decumbens'' Duretto
*'' Boronia denticulata'' Sm.
*'' Boronia dichotoma'' Lindl.
*'' Boronia duiganiae'' Duretto
*'' Boronia edwardsii'' Benth.
*'' Boronia elisabethiae'' Duretto
*'' Boronia eriantha'' Lindl.
*'' Boronia ericifolia'' Benth.
*'' Boronia excelsa'' Duretto
*''Boronia exilis
''Boronia exilis'' is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect perennial with well-spaced, simple, more or less cylindrical leaves and pink, four-petalled ...
'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia falcifolia'' A.Cunn. ex Endl.
*'' Boronia fastigiata'' Bartl.
*'' Boronia filicifolia'' A.Cunn. ex Benth.
*'' Boronia filifolia'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia floribunda'' Sieber ex Rchb.
*'' Boronia foetida'' Duretto
*'' Boronia forsteri'' Duretto
*''Boronia fraseri
''Boronia fraseri'', commonly known as Fraser's boronia, is a plant in the citrus family occurring near Sydney in Australia. It is an erect, multi-branched shrub with pinnate leaves and pink flowers arranged in small groups in the leaf axils. ...
'' Hook.
*'' Boronia galbraithiae'' Albr.
*'' Boronia glabra'' (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
*'' Boronia gracilipes'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia grandisepala'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia granitica'' Maiden & Betche
*'' Boronia gravicocca'' Duretto
*'' Boronia grimshawii'' Duretto
*'' Boronia gunnii'' Hook.f.
*'' Boronia hapalophylla'' Duretto, F.J.Edwards & P.G.Edwards
*'' Boronia hartleyi'' Duretto & Bayly
*'' Boronia hemichiton'' Duretto
*'' Boronia heterophylla'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia hippopalus'' Duretto, orthographic variant '' Boronia hippopala''
*'' Boronia hoipolloi'' Duretto
*'' Boronia humifusa'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia imlayensis'' Duretto
*'' Boronia inornata'' Turcz.
*'' Boronia interrex'' R.L.Barrett, M.D.Barrett & Duretto
*'' Boronia jensziae'' Duretto
*'' Boronia jucunda'' Duretto
*'' Boronia juncea'' Bartl.
*'' Boronia kalumburuensis'' Duretto
*'' Boronia keysii'' Domin
*'' Boronia koniambiensis'' Däniker
*'' Boronia lanceolata'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia lanuginosa'' Endl.
*'' Boronia latipinna'' J.H.Willis
*'' Boronia laxa'' Duretto
*'' Boronia ledifolia'' (Vent.) DC.
*'' Boronia marcoana'' R.L.Barrett & M.D.Barrett
*'' Boronia megastigma'' Nees ex Bartlett
*'' Boronia microphylla'' Sieber ex Rchb.
*'' Boronia minutipinna'' Duretto
*'' Boronia mollis'' A.Cunn. ex Lindl.
*'' Boronia molloyae'' J.R.Drumm.
*'' Boronia muelleri'' (Benth.) Cheel
*'' Boronia nematophylla'' F.Muell.
*'' Boronia obovata'' C.T.White
*'' Boronia octandra'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia odorata'' Duretto
*'' Boronia oxyantha'' Turcz.
*'' Boronia palasepala'' Duretto
*'' Boronia pancheri'' (Baill.) Duretto & Bayly
*'' Boronia parviflora'' Sm.
*'' Boronia parvifolia'' (Baker f.) Duretto & Bayly
*'' Boronia pauciflora'' W.Fitzg.
*'' Boronia pilosa'' Labill.
*'' Boronia pinnata'' Sm.
*'' Boronia prolixa'' Duretto
*'' Boronia pulchella'' Turcz.
*'' Boronia purdieana'' Diels
*'' Boronia quadrilata'' Duretto
*'' Boronia quinkanensis'' Duretto
*'' Boronia repanda'' (F.Muell. ex Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche
*'' Boronia revoluta'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia rhomboidea'' Hook.
*'' Boronia rivularis'' C.T.White
*'' Boronia rosmarinifolia'' A.Cunn. ex Endl.
*'' Boronia rozefeldsii'' Duretto
*'' Boronia rubiginosa'' A.Cunn. ex Endl.
*'' Boronia rupicola'' Duretto
*'' Boronia ruppii'' Cheel
*''Boronia safrolifera
''Boronia safrolifera'', commonly known as safrole boronia, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub with pinnate leaves that have up to nineteen leaflets, and white to pink, four-petalled f ...
'' Cheel
*'' Boronia scabra'' Lindl.
*'' Boronia serrulata'' Sm.
*'' Boronia spathulata'' Lindl.
*'' Boronia splendida'' Duretto
*'' Boronia squamipetala'' Duretto
*'' Boronia stricta'' Bartl.
*'' Boronia suberosa'' Duretto
*'' Boronia subulifolia'' Cheel
*'' Boronia ternata'' Endl.
*'' Boronia tetragona'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia tetrandra'' Labill.
*'' Boronia thedae'' R.L.Barrett, M.D.Barrett & Duretto
*'' Boronia thujona'' Penfold & M.B.Welch
*'' Boronia tolerans'' Duretto
*'' Boronia umbellata'' P.H.Weston
*'' Boronia verecunda'' Duretto
*'' Boronia virgata'' Paul G.Wilson
*'' Boronia viridiflora'' Duretto
*'' Boronia warrumbunglensis'' P.H.Weston
*'' Boronia whitei'' Cheel
*'' Boronia wilsonii'' (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Duretto
*'' Boronia xanthastrum'' Duretto
*'' Boronia zeteticorum'' Duretto
Unplaced names:
*'' Boronia ovata'' Lindl.
Former species
Species no longer placed in ''Boronia'' include:A.Cunn.
Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in Australia to collect plants.
Early life
Cunningham was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, the son of Allan Cu ...
) Duretto & Heslewood – sticky boronia (formerly ''Boronia anemonifolia'')
*'' Cyanothamnus baeckeaceus'' (F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...
) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia baeckeacea'')
*'' Cyanothamnus bipinnatus'' (Lindl.
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
Early years
Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...
) Duretto & Heslewood – rock boronia (formerly ''Boronia bipinnata'')
*'' Cyanothamnus bussellianus'' (F.Muell.) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia busselliana'')
*'' Cyanothamnus coerulescens'' (F.Muell.) Duretto & Heslewood – blue boronia (formerly ''Boronia coerulescens'')
*'' Cyanothamnus defoliatus'' (F.Muell.) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia defoliata'')
*'' Cyanothamnus fabianoides'' (Diels Diels is the last name of several people:
* Rudolf Diels (1900–1957), German politician
* Otto Diels (1876–1954), German scientist noted for his work on the Diels–Alder reaction
* Ludwig Diels (1874–1945), German botanist
* Hermann Diels
...
) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia fabianoides'')
*'' Cyanothamnus inconspicuus'' ( Benth.) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia inconspicua'')
*'' Cyanothamnus inflexus'' (Duretto) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia inflexa'')
*'' Cyanothamnus montimulliganensis'' (Duretto) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia montimulliganensis'')
*'' Cyanothamnus nanus'' (Hook.) Duretto & Heslewood – small boronia (formerly ''Boronia nana'')
*'' Cyanothamnus occidentalis'' (Duretto) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia occidentalis'')
*'' Cyanothamnus penicillatus'' (Benth.) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia penicillata'')
*'' Cyanothamnus polygalifolius'' (Sm.) Duretto & Heslewood – waxy boronia, dwarf boronia, milkwort boronia(formerly ''Boronia polygalifolia'')
*'' Cyanothamnus quadrangulus'' Duretto & Heslewood – narrow-leaved boronia (formerly ''Boronia anethifolia'')
*'' Cyanothamnus ramosus'' Lindl. (formerly ''Boronia ramosa'')
*'' Cyanothamnus rigens'' (Cheel) Duretto & Heslewood – stiff boronia (formerly ''Boronia rigens'')
*'' Cyanothamnus subsessilis'' Benth. Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia subsessilis'')
*'' Cyanothamnus tenuis'' Lindl. – blue boronia (formerly ''Boronia tenuis'')
*'' Cyanothamnus warangensis'' (Duretto) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia warangensis'')
*'' Cyanothamnus westringioides'' (Paul G.Wilson) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia westringioides'')
*'' Cyanothamnus yarrowmerensis'' (Duretto) Duretto & Heslewood (formerly ''Boronia yarrowmerensis'')
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Boronia species
Boronia
''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Austral ...