Borya

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

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

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. "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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