Seringia Velutina
''Seringia velutina'' (common name Velvet firebush) is a shrub in the Malvaceae family native to Western Australia. Taxonomy This plant was first described in 1846 as ''Keraudrenia velutina'' by Joachim Steetz but was moved to the genus ''Seringia'' by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1860. In 2015, Carolyn F. Wilkins, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock sank the genus ''Keraudrenia'' into ''Seringia'', and the accepted name is now ''Seringia velutina''. References External links ''Seringia velutina'' occurrence data
from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Eudicots of Western Australia Seringia, velutina Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1846 {{Australia-eudicot-stub ...
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Joachim Steetz
Joachim Steetz (12 November 1804 – 24 March 1862) was a German botanist. His herbarium, comprising more than 5000 specimens from over 160 collectors and 30 countries was purchased in 1863 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller for the sum of 80 pounds. The collection is currently housed at the National Herbarium of Victoria. The herbarium was compiled by Steetz over more than thirty years and comprises 160 collectors from more than 30 countries, including type specimens from plant collectors of the time including: *Nils Johan Andersson (Galápagos Islands) * Nikolaus Binder *Christian Friedrich Ecklon (South Africa) *Joseph Dalton Hooker *Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz *Wilhelm Peters *Ludwig Preiss (Western Australia) *Anton Rochel ( The Banat) *Moritz Richard Schomburgk *Berthold Carl Seemann *Charles Wilkins Short (North America) *Franz Sieber *Theodor Siemssen *Andrew Sinclair *Thomas Thomson *Nikolai Turczaninow (Russia) *Jens Vahl (Arctic) *Karl Ludwig Philip ...
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