Sprengelia Explained

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.[1] [2] [3]

The genus Sprengelia was first formally described in 1794 by James Edward Smith in the journal Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar,[4] [5] later published in translation in Tracts relating to natural history.[6] The first species described was Sprengelia incarnata. The genus name honours the German botanist Christian Konrad Sprengel.[7]

The names of seven species are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:[8]

Notes and References

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

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