Styphelia

Styphelia
Styphelia tubiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Epacridoideae
Tribe: Styphelieae
Genus: Styphelia
Sm. (1793)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Astroloma R.Br. (1810)
  • Coleanthera Stschegl. (1859)
  • Croninia J.W.Powell (1993)
  • Mesotriche Stschegl. (1859)
  • Michiea F.Muell. (1864)
  • Pentataphrus Schltdl. (1847)
  • Phanerandra Stschegl. (1859)
  • Soleniscia DC. (1839)
  • Stomarrhena DC. (1839)
  • Ventenatia Cav. (1798), nom. rej.
Styphelia conostephioides
Styphelia discolor
Styphelia epacridis
Styphelia foliosa
Styphelia lissanthoides
Styphelia perileuca
Styphelia stomarrhena
Styphelia viridis

Styphelia is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, native from Indo-China through the Pacific to Australia.[2] Most have minute or small leaves with a sharp tip, single, tube-shaped flowers arranged in leaf axils and with the ends of the petals rolled back with hairs in the inside of the tube.

  1. ^ "Styphelia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Styphelia Sm." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 October 2022.