''Durringtonia'' is a

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s in the

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. The genus contains only one

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, viz. ''Durringtonia paludosa'', which is

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(northeastern

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and southeastern

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). 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

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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

External links

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

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Monotypic Rubiaceae genera Anthospermeae Taxa named by Rodney John Francis Henderson Taxa named by Gordon P. Guymer Plants described in 1985 {{Rubioideae-stub