Borya

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Boryaceae
Genus: Borya
Overview of species

B. constricta – B. inopinata – B. jabirabela – B. laciniata – B. longiscapa – B. mirabilis – B. nitida – B. scirpoidea – B. septentrionalis – B. sphaerocephala – B. subulata
Name

Borya Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 81 (1805)

Type species: Borya nitida Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 1: 81 (1805)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Baumgartenia Spreng., Anleit. Halle Gewächs. 2(1): 228 (1817)
Daviesia Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 480 (1817)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Australasia
Australia
Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Labillardière, J.J.H. de 1805. Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1: 81. BHL

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Borya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Borya in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Borya. Published online. Accessed: 7 May 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Borya in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 7.
Tropicos.org 2019. Borya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 May 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Pincushions

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

"Borya", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-07-28
Search for "Borya", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-07-29
"query: Borya". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
"Borya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Borya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"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.
Forster, Paul I.; Thompson, E. John (1997). "Borya inopinata (Anthericaceae), a new species of resurrection plant from north Queensland". Austrobaileya. 4 (4): 597–600.