Seringia exastia

Seringia exastia, also known as fringed fire-bush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Seringia exastia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Seringia
Species:
S. exastia
Binomial name
Seringia exastia
(C.F.Wilkins) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock[1]
Synonyms[1]

Keraudrenia exastia C.F.Wilkins

Description

The species grows as an erect, compact and multi-stemmed shrub with hairy stems. The grey-green, oblong leaves are 15–30 mm long and 6–10 mm wide. The purple flowers may appear from April to December.[2][3]

Taxonomy

In 1999, Carolyn F. Wilkins described Keraudrenia exastia in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected on the Dampier Peninsula in 1995.[4][5] In 2016, Wilkins and Barbara Ann Whitlock changed the name to Seringia exastia in Australian Systematic Botany.[6][7]

Distribution and habitat

The plant is found in the Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions of Western Australia.[2] It grows on pindan heathland.[3]

Conservation status

Seringia exastia is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References
  1. "Seringia exastia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. "Seringia exastia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Approved Conservation Advice for Keraudrenia exastia (Fringed Keraudrenia)" (PDF). Threatened Species. Department of the Environment, Australia. 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. "Keraudrenia exastia". APNI. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. Wilkins, Carolyn F. (1999). "Keraudrenia exastia and Keraudrenia katatona (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae), new species from the Kimberley region of Western Australia". Nuytsia. 13 (1): 235–239. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. "Seringia exastia". APNI. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  7. Wilkins, Carolyn F; Whitlock, Barbara A (2016). "Seringia revised to include Keraudrenia (Lasiopetaleae: Malvaceae s.l.)". Australian Systematic Botany. 28 (6): 265–325. doi:10.1071/SB15028. S2CID 83989061.
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