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    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: Epacridoideae
    Tribe: Cosmelieae
    Genus: Sprengelia
    Sm.[1]
    Synonyms[1]
    • Poiretia Cav. nom. rej.
    • Ponceletia R.Br.
    • Sprengalia Andrews orth. var.
    • Sprengelia sect. Ponceletia (R.Br.) Kuntze
    • Sprengelia subg. Eusprengelia Drude nom. inval.
    • Sprengelia subg. Ponceletia (R.Br.) Drude
    • Springalia Andrews

    Sprengelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. Plants in the genus Sprengelia are slender, erect or low-lying shrubs with overlapping, stem-clasping leaves, many bracts at the base of the flowers, the sepals egg-shaped, white or coloured, the five petals with spreading lobes, and the fruit a capsule.[2][3][4]

    The genus Sprengelia was first formally described in 1794 by James Edward Smith in the journal Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar,[5][6] later published in translation in Tracts relating to natural history.[7] The first species described was Sprengelia incarnata.[5][6] The genus name honours the German botanist Christian Konrad Sprengel.[8]

    The names of seven species are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:[9]

    • Sprengelia distichophylla (Rodway) W.M.Curtis (Tas.)
    • Sprengelia incarnata Sm. - pink swamp-heath (S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.)
    • Sprengelia minima Crowden (Tas.)
    • Sprengelia montana R.Br. (Tas.)
    • Sprengelia monticola (DC.) Druce - rock sprengelia (N.S.W)
    • Sprengelia propinqua A.Cunn. ex DC. (Tas.)
    • Sprengelia sprengelioides (R.Br.) Druce (Qld., N.S.W.)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Sprengelia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
    2. ^ Albrecht, David A. "Sprengelia"". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
    3. ^ Powell, Jocelyn M. "Sprengelia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
    4. ^ "Sprengelia". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
    5. ^ a b "Sprengelia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
    6. ^ a b Smith, James Edward (1794). "Sprengelia et nytt Orteflugte". Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar. 15: 261–264. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
    7. ^ Smith, James Edward (1798). Tracts relating to natural history. London. pp. 269–274. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
    8. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC world dictionary of plant names : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 2543. ISBN 0849326737.
    9. ^ "Sprengelia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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