Borya sphaerocephala
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Boryaceae |
| Genus: | Borya |
| Species: | B. sphaerocephala
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Borya sphaerocephala is a perennial herbaceous plant found in southwest Australia. A common name for the species is pincushions. The height is 20–200 millimetres, White flowers appear between August and October. The species is associated with the region's granite outcrops, occurring in depressions and seasonally wet areas, growing in crevices and at the edge of moss mats.[1] As a resurrection plant it is able to withstand seasonal dehydration of its environ.[2] The species was first described by Robert Brown, published in his 1810 work on Australian plants.[3][1] A combination Baumgartenia sphaerocephala, currently regarded as synonym,[4] was published by Kurt Sprengel several years after Brown.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Borya sphaerocephala R.Br. Pincushions". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Nikulinsky, P.; Hopper, S.D. (2008). Life on the rocks : the art of survival (Revised ed.). Fremantle Press. pp. 112–13. ISBN 9781921361289.
- ^ Brown, R. (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 286 [tax. nov.]
- ^ Churchill, D.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Borya. Flora of Australia 45: 278
- ^ Sprengel, C.P.J. (1817), Anleitung zur Kenntniss der Gewachse Edn. 2, 2(1): 228 [comb. nov.]
- "APNI - Baumgartenia sphaerocephala". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 9 December 2018.