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Durringtonia
specimen NSW372975 image CC-BY 4.0, National Herbarium of New South Wales
Conservation status
Least Concern (NCA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Anthospermeae
Genus:	Durringtonia R.J.F.Hend. & Guymer
Species:	D. paludosa
Binomial name
Durringtonia paludosa R.J.F.Hend. & Guymer
Isotype site (Allan Herbarium CHR 447304: Moreton Island, QLD)

Durringtonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Durringtonia paludosa, which is endemic to Australia (northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland).

The genus and the species were first described in 1985 by Rodney Henderson and Gordon Guymer. The genus name honours Lorraine Durrington who first collected this "insignificant-looking and rare plant in a swamp on the island".

Habitat

It is found growing in sedgelands, in coastal swamps, as the species epithet, paludosus which comes from the Latin palus (swamp, marsh, bog, fen), implies: "growing in bogs or boggy ground".

References

1. "Species profile—Durringtonia". Species information. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. "Durringtonia paludosa: occurrence 1091105123". gbif.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
3. "Durringtonia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
4. "Durringtonia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
5. "Durringtonia paludosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
6. ^ R. J. F. Henderson; G. P. Guymer (1985). "Durringtonia (Durringtonieae), a New Genus and Tribe of Rubiaceae from Australia". Kew Bulletin. 40 (1): 97. doi:10.2307/4108481. ISSN 0075-5974. JSTOR 4108481. Wikidata Q55779104.
7. "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Durringtonia paludosa". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
8. "paludosus, -a, -um". plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

External links

• Durringtonia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
• Durringtonia: Images & occurrence data from GBIF

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• Nature Conservation Act least concern biota
• Monotypic Rubiaceae genera
• Anthospermeae
• Taxa named by Rodney John Francis Henderson
• Taxa named by Gordon P. Guymer
• Plants described in 1985
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