Sprengelia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Epacridoideae
Tribus: Cosmelieae
Genus: Sprengelia
Species: S. distichophylla – S. incarnata – S. minima – S. monticola – S. sprengelioides
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2020. Sprengelia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 22. Reference page.

Name

Sprengelia Sm.

Type species: Sprengelia incarnata Sm.

References
Primary references

Smith, J.E., 1794. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 15: 260.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Sprengelia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sprengelia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Sprengelia. Published online. Accessed: Apr 22 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Sprengelia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 22.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sprengelia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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 Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.[2]
References

"Spengelia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
"Sprengelia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2010-06-14.