Borya

Borya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Boryaceae
Genus: Borya
Labill.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Baumgartenia Spreng.
  • Daviesia Poir. 1817, illegitimate homonym, not Sm. 1798

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

Species

As of July 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 11 species:[2]

  1. Borya constricta Churchill - Western Australia
  2. Borya inopinata P.I.Forst. & E.J.Thomps. - Queensland
  3. Borya jabirabela Churchill - Northern Territory, Western Australia
  4. Borya laciniata Churchill - Western Australia
  5. Borya longiscapa Churchill - Western Australia
  6. Borya mirabilis Churchill - Victoria
  7. Borya nitida Labill. - Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia
  8. Borya scirpoidea Lindl. - Western Australia
  9. Borya septentrionalis F.Muell. - Queensland
  10. Borya sphaerocephala R.Br. - Western Australia
  11. Borya subulata G.A.Gardner - Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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