# Seringia

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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
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|image = Seringia arborescens Batemans Bay.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Seringia arborescens](/source/Seringia_arborescens)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Seringia 
|authority = [J.Gay](/source/Jacques_Etienne_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.](/source/Nomen_illegitimum), nom. superfl.</small>
* ''Kerandrenia'' <small>Steud. [orth. var.](/source/Orthographical_variant)</small>
* ''Keraudrenia'' <small>J.Gay (1821)</small>
* ''Keraudrenia'' <small>J.Gay [isonym](/source/isonym)</small>
* ''Seringea'' <small>F.Muell. orth. var.</small>
* ''Seringia'' <small>J.Gay isonym</small>
}}

'''''Seringia ''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of about 18 species of plants in the family [Malvaceae](/source/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](/source/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](/source/calyx_(botany)) 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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online):<ref name = powo/>
* ''[Seringia adenogyna](/source/Seringia_adenogyna)'' <small>[C.F.Wilkins](/source/Carolyn_F._Wilkins)</small> – skinny-leaved fire-bush (Western Australia)
* ''[Seringia adenolasia](/source/Seringia_adenolasia)'' <small>[F.Muell.](/source/F.Muell.)</small> – northern Northern Territory and north-central Queensland
* ''[Seringia arborescens](/source/Seringia_arborescens)'' <small>[W.T.Aiton](/source/W.T.Aiton)</small> – southeastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales
* ''[Seringia botak](/source/Seringia_botak)'' {{small|[Cheek](/source/Martin_Cheek)}} – New Guinea
* ''[Seringia cacaobrunnea](/source/Seringia_cacaobrunnea)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – Western Australia
* ''[Seringia collina](/source/Seringia_collina)'' <small>([Domin](/source/Karel_Domin)) C.F.Wilkins & [Whitlock](/source/Barbara_Ann_Whitlock)</small> – Queensland
* ''[Seringia corollata](/source/Seringia_corollata)'' <small>[Steetz](/source/Joachim_Steetz)</small> – northeastern Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales
* ''[Seringia denticulata](/source/Seringia_denticulata)'' <small>([C.T.White](/source/Cyril_Tenison_White)) C.F.Wilkins</small> – Queensland and New South Wales
* ''[Seringia exastia](/source/Seringia_exastia)'' <small>(C.F.Wilkins) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> – Western Australia
* ''[Seringia hermanniifolia](/source/Seringia_hermanniifolia)'' <small>F.Muell.</small> – northwestern and western Western Australia
* ''[Seringia hillii](/source/Seringia_hillii)'' <small>(F.Muell. ex [Benth.](/source/Benth.)) F.Muell.</small> – Queensland and New South Wales
* ''[Seringia hookeriana](/source/Seringia_hookeriana)'' <small>([Walp.](/source/Walp.)) F.Muell.</small> – Western Australia and Northern Territory
* ''[Seringia integrifolia](/source/Seringia_integrifolia)'' <small>([Steud.](/source/Steud.)) F.Muell.</small> – Western Australia and Northern Territory
* [''Seringia'' × ''katatona''](/source/Seringia_%C3%97_katatona) <small>([C.F.Wilkins](/source/C.F.Wilkins)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> – Western Australia
* ''[Seringia macrantha](/source/Seringia_macrantha)'' {{small|(Baill.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock}} – Madagascar
* ''[Seringia nephrosperma](/source/Seringia_nephrosperma)'' <small>F.Muell.</small> – New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia
* ''[Seringia saxatilis](/source/Seringia_saxatilis)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – Western Australia
* ''[Seringia undulata](/source/Seringia_undulata)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> – Western Australia
* ''[Seringia velutina](/source/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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