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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

New names and new taxa in the genus Boronia (Rutaceae) from Western Australia, with notes on seed characters
WILSON, PAUL G.

As a precursor to the treatment for the "Flora of Australia" of Western Australian species of Boronia (Rutaceae), the following seven species and eight varieties or subspecies are described as new: B. acanthoclada, B. anceps, B. baeckeacea subsp. patula, B. baeckeacea subsp. rosea, B. corynophylla, B. crenulata var. angustifolia, B. crenulata subsp. obtusa, B. exilis, B. humifusa, B. juncea subsp. minima, B. purdieana subsp. calcicola, B. ramosa subsp. lesueurana, B. scabra subsp. attenuata, B. scabra subsp condensata, B. tetragona, and B. westringioides. The following new subspecific combinations are made: B. crenulata subsp. pubescens (Benth.) Paul G. Wilson, B. crenulata subsp. viminea (Lindl.) Paul G. Wilson, B. fastigiata subsp. tenuior (Benth.) Paul G. Wilson, B. juncea subsp. laniflora (Bartl.) Paul G. Wilson, B. juncea subsp. micrantha (Bartl.) Paul G. Wilson. Lectotypes have been designated for a number of species. The seeds typical of each of the sections or series in Boronia are described.