Seringia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Malvids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Seringa 

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Plant  information

Common name:         Firebush

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

Flowers

• The flowers are purple or mauve and appear in profusion

• The calyx is the most conspicuous part of the flower

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Small shrubs with soft silken leaves

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

•  Species of Seringia are native to Australia, New Guinea, and Madagasca

Species:                     

• World:           18 

• Australia:     16

Additional notes:   

• The following is a list of Seringia species recognised by the Plants of the World Online:

  • Seringia adenogyna C.F.Wilkins – skinny-leaved fire-bush (Western Australia)

  • Seringia adenolasia F.Muell. – northern Northern Territory and north-central Queensland

  • Seringia arborescens W.T.Aiton – southeastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales

  • Seringia botak Cheek – New Guinea

  • Seringia cacaobrunnea C.F.Wilkins  – Western Australia

  • Seringia collina (Domin) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock – Queensland

  • Seringia corollata Steetz – northeastern Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales

  • Seringia denticulata (C.T.White) C.F.Wilkins – Queensland and New South Wales

  • Seringia exastia (C.F.Wilkins) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock – Western Australia

  • Seringia hermanniifolia F.Muell. – northwestern and western Western Australia

  • Seringia hillii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell. – Queensland and New South Wales

  • Seringia hookeriana (Walp.) F.Muell. – Western Australia and Northern Territory

  • Seringia integrifolia (Steud.) F.Muell. – Western Australia and Northern Territory

  • Seringia × katatona (C.F.Wilkins) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock – Western Australia

  • Seringia macrantha (Baill.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock – Madagascar

  • Seringia nephrosperma F.Muell. – NSW, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia

  • Seringia saxatilis C.F.Wilkins – Western Australia

  • Seringia undulata C.F.Wilkins – Western Australia

  • Seringia velutina (Steetz) F.Muell. – Western Australia

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seringia (May 2024)