Sprengelia
Sprengelia | |
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Sprengelia incarnata | |
Scientific classification | |
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[]
- ^ "Spengelia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Sprengelia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
Categories:
- Styphelioideae
- Ericaceae genera
- Endemic flora of Australia
- Ericaceae stubs