Lambertia

Lambertia
	Lambertia formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Roupaleae
Subtribe:	Lambertiinae
Genus:	Lambertia; Sm.
Type species
	Lambertia formosa;
Species
	See text

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.

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

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:

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

^ "Lambertia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ 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
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[APNI-1] "Lambertia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[plantnet-2] Harden, G.J. "Genus Lambertia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

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