''Seringia velutina'' (common name Velvet firebush) is a shrub in the

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

family native to

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

Taxonomy

This plant was first described in 1846 as ''Keraudrenia velutina'' by Joachim Steetz but was moved to the genus ''

Seringia ''Seringia '' is a genus of about 20 species of plants in the family Malvaceae and are mostly found in Western Australia. They are small shrubs with soft silken leaves. The flowers are purple or mauve and appear in profusion. The calyx is the ...

'' by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

in 1860. In 2015, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock sank the genus ''

Keraudrenia ''Keraudrenia'' is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia, New Guinea and Madagascar. Species Species include: *'' Keraudrenia adenogyna'' C.F.Wilkins *'' Keraudrenia adenolasia'' (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey *'' Keraudrenia collina'' Domin ...

'' into ''

'', and the accepted name is now ''Seringia velutina''.

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''Seringia velutina'' occurrence data
from the

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Eudicots of Western Australia velutina Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Plants described in 1846 {{Australia-eudicot-stub