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Lambertia

Summary

Lambertia is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The genus was named in 1798 by Sir James Edward Smith in honour of English botanist Aylmer Bourke Lambert.

Lambertia
Lambertia formosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Roupaleae
Subtribe: Lambertiinae
Genus: Lambertia
Sm.[1]
Type species
Lambertia formosa
Species

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The Lambertias are sclerophyllous shrubs or small trees. 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.

Species edit

There are ten species, nine of which are endemic to the South West, and one, L. formosa, found in the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales.[2] They are as follows:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Lambertia echinata R.Br. Prickly honeysuckle south-west of Western Australia
  Lambertia ericifolia R.Br. Heath-leaved honeysuckle south-west of Western Australia
Lambertia fairallii Keighery Fairall's honeysuckle south-west of Western Australia.
  Lambertia formosa Sm. Mountain devil, honey flower northern New South Wales around Grafton and between Red Rock and Yamba and Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands of New South Wales
  Lambertia ilicifolia Hook. Holly-leaved honeysuckle south-west Western Australia
  Lambertia inermis R.Br. Chittick south-west of Western Australia.
  Lambertia multiflora Lindl. Many-flowered honeysuckle south-west of Western Australia.
  Lambertia orbifolia C.A.Gardner Round-leaf honeysuckle south-west of Western Australia.
  Lambertia rariflora Meisn. Green honeysuckle south-west of Western Australia.
  Lambertia uniflora R.Br. south-west corner of Western Australia

References edit

  1. ^ "Lambertia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ Harden, G.J. "Genus Lambertia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  • FloraBase - the Western Australian flora - Lambertia
  •   Media related to Lambertia at Wikimedia Commons