{{Short description|Genus of trees}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Seringia arborescens Batemans Bay.jpg |image_caption = ''Seringia arborescens'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Seringia |authority = J.Gay (1821)<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Seringia'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Seringia+J.Gay&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref> |synonyms = * ''Gaya'' <small>Spreng. (1824), nom. illeg., nom. superfl.</small> * ''Kerandrenia'' <small>Steud. orth. var.</small> * ''Keraudrenia'' <small>J.Gay (1821)</small> * ''Keraudrenia'' <small>J.Gay isonym</small> * ''Seringea'' <small>F.Muell. orth. var.</small> * ''Seringia'' <small>J.Gay isonym</small> }}
'''''Seringia ''''' is a genus of about 18 species of plants in the family Malvaceae. Species of ''Seringia'' are native to Australia, New Guinea, and Madagascar.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331955-2 ''Seringia'' J.Gay]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 24 June 2023.</ref> They are small shrubs with soft silken leaves. The flowers are purple or mauve and appear in profusion. The calyx is the most conspicuous part of the flower.<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=''Seringia'' |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Seringia |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
The following is a list of ''Seringia'' species recognised by the Plants of the World Online:<ref name = powo/> * ''Seringia adenogyna'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – skinny-leaved fire-bush (Western Australia) * ''Seringia adenolasia'' <small>F.Muell.</small> – northern Northern Territory and north-central Queensland * ''Seringia arborescens'' <small>W.T.Aiton</small> – southeastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales * ''Seringia botak'' {{small|Cheek}} – New Guinea * ''Seringia cacaobrunnea'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – Western Australia * ''Seringia collina'' <small>(Domin) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> – Queensland * ''Seringia corollata'' <small>Steetz</small> – northeastern Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales * ''Seringia denticulata'' <small>(C.T.White) C.F.Wilkins</small> – Queensland and New South Wales * ''Seringia exastia'' <small>(C.F.Wilkins) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> – Western Australia * ''Seringia hermanniifolia'' <small>F.Muell.</small> – northwestern and western Western Australia * ''Seringia hillii'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell.</small> – Queensland and New South Wales * ''Seringia hookeriana'' <small>(Walp.) F.Muell.</small> – Western Australia and Northern Territory * ''Seringia integrifolia'' <small>(Steud.) F.Muell.</small> – Western Australia and Northern Territory * ''Seringia'' × ''katatona'' <small>(C.F.Wilkins) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> – Western Australia * ''Seringia macrantha'' {{small|(Baill.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock}} – Madagascar * ''Seringia nephrosperma'' <small>F.Muell.</small> – New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia * ''Seringia saxatilis'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – Western Australia * ''Seringia undulata'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – Western Australia * ''Seringia velutina'' <small>(Steetz) F.Muell.</small> – Western Australia
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Category:Seringia Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Trees of Australia Category:Flora of New South Wales Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Taxa named by Jaques Étienne Gay
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