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Sprengelia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Ericaceae

Order
  
Ericales

Rank
  
Genus

Sprengelia Sprengelia incarnata

Similar
  
Sprengelia incarnata, Pentachondra, Monotoca, Lissanthe, Melichrus

Sprengelia is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae.

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.

    Sprengelia Sprengelia incarnata
    Sprengelia Species Information Sprengelia incarnata

    Sprengelia Sprengelia incarnata NB Plant Areas

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    Sprengelia Sprengelia incarnata Wilsons Promontory Virtual Herbarium

    Sprengelia FileSprengelia incarnata leavesjpg Wikimedia Commons

    References

    Sprengelia Wikipedia
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