Seringia velutina

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Seringia velutina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Seringia
Species:
S. velutina
Binomial name
Seringia velutina

Seringia velutina, the velvet firebush, is a shrub in the Malvaceae family native to Western Australia. [1]

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Taxonomy

This plant was first described in 1846 as Keraudrenia velutina by Joachim Steetz [2] [3] but was moved to the genus Seringia by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1860. [2] [4] In 2015, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock sank the genus Keraudrenia into Seringia , and the accepted name is now Seringia velutina. [5]

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References

  1. "Keraudrenia velutina". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. 1 2 "Seringia velutina". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. Steetz, J. (1846). Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.). "Buttneriaceae". Plantae Preissianae. 2–3: 348.
  4. von Mueller, F.J.H. (1860). "Seringia". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 2 (11): 5.
  5. Carolyn F. Wilkins; Barbara A. Whitlock (2015). "Seringia revised to include Keraudrenia (Lasiopetaleae: Malvaceae s.l.)". Australian Systematic Botany . 28 (6): 265. doi:10.1071/SB15028. ISSN   1030-1887. Wikidata   Q93477762.