Sprengelia

Sprengelia
Sprengelia incarnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Sprengelia

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

The four species are all endemic to Australia:

  • Sprengelia distichophylla (Rodway) W.M.Curtis
  • Sprengelia incarnata Sm. - Pink Swamp-heath
  • Sprengelia monticola (DC.) Druce - Rock Sprengelia
  • Sprengelia sprengelioides (R.Br.) Druce

The genus was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1794 in Konglia 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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