Durringtonia

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).^[2]

Durringtonia
specimen NSW372975 image CC-BY 4.0, National Herbarium of New South Wales
Conservation status
Least Concern (NCA)[1]
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)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000004-QINU`"'

The genus and the species were first described in 1985 by Rodney Henderson and Gordon Guymer.^[3][4][5] The genus name honours Lorraine Durrington who first collected this "insignificant-looking and rare plant in a swamp on the island".^[5]

Habitat

It is found growing in sedgelands, in coastal swamps,^[6] as the species epithet, paludosus which comes from the Latin palus (swamp, marsh, bog, fen), implies: "growing in bogs or boggy ground".^[7]