Boronia safrolifera

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Family Rutaceae

Taxonomy: Boronia safrolifera Cheel

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Boronia pinnata var. alba F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
Boronia safrolifera var. alba (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Boronia pinnata Sm. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 51 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1); mericarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 14.44 mm (2.5-47 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.69 mm (1-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.3-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear_elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): ballistic (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.62 m (0.5-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	10	14	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	7	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.