Sprengelia

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Sprengelia
Sprengelia incarnata 3.jpg
Sprengelia incarnata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus: Sprengelia
Sm.

Sprengelia is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae.[1]

The four species are all endemic to Australia:

  • (Rodway) W.M.Curtis
  • Sprengelia incarnata Sm. - pink swamp-heath
  • (DC.) Druce - rock sprengelia
  • (R.Br.) Druce

The genus was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1794 in Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Spengelia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  2. ^ "Sprengelia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-06-14.


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