''Seringia integrifolia'' is a shrub of the family Malvaceae native to inland Australia in
New South Wales,
South Australia,
Western Australia,
Queensland, and the
Northern Territory.
(This statement in PlantNET does not seem to be supported by collections data, with ''Keraudrenia integrifolia'' occurrence data shown only in Queensland and New South Wales, and ''Seringia integrifolia'' shown occurring only in Westerna Australia. However, both APNI and
Plants of the world online
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, accept the genus, ''
Seringia
''Seringia '' is a genus of about 20 species of plants in the family Malvaceae and are mostly found in Western Australia. They are small shrubs with soft silken leaves. The flowers are purple or mauve and appear in profusion. The calyx is the ...
'', for this plant.
Taxonomy
This plant was first described in 1845 by
Ernst Steudel as ''Keraudrenia integrifolia'',
and transferred to the genus, ''Seringia'', by
Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...
in 1860.
In 2016 ''Keraudrenia'' was sunk into ''Seringia'' by Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock.
References
integrifolia
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
Rosids of Western Australia
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