Kingdom Plantae Family Ericaceae Rank Species | Order Ericales Genus Richea | |
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Similar Richea acerosa, Astelia alpina, Richea dracophylla, Richea pandanifolia, Pentachondra | ||
Richea sprengelioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Tasmania.
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. He gave it the name Cystanthe sprengelioides. In 1867 Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller transferred the species to the genus Richea.
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