Lambertia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots >  Proteales > Proteaceae > Lambertia 

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Plant  information

Common name:         Wild Honeysuckle

• The common name, wild honeysuckle, is due to the flowers, which are asymmetrical with a long floral tube and tightly rolled lobes, in red, orange, yellow and green

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The genus was named in 1798 by Sir James Edward Smith in honour of English botanist Aylmer Bourke Lambert

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Flowers:                  

• Flowers are asymmetrical with a long floral tube and tightly rolled lobes, in red, orange, yellow and green

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Habit:        

• The Lambertias are sclerophyllous shrubs or small trees

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Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Australia

• There are ten species, nine of which are endemic to the South West

• One, L. formosa, found in the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands regions of NSW 

Species:                     

• World:           10

• Australia:     10

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Lambertia is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteaceae

  • The genus was named in 1798 by Sir James Edward Smith 

• Species list:

Species at ANBG:

• Lambertia ericifolia

• Lambertia formosa

• Lambertia inermis

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambertia (2023)