Sprengelia
Sprengelia incarnata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Sprengelia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 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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