Biology:Lambertia
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 currently accepted by the Australian Plant Census,[1] nine of which are endemic to the South West of Western Australia and one, L. formosa, is found in the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales.[2]
Conservation
As of the 2025-2 update, six Lambertia species are on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, with five of them being threatened with extinction. Two species (L. ilicifolia and L. inermis) are listed as vulnerable, two more (L. echinata and L. multiflora) are listed as endangered and one, L. fairallii is listed as critically endangered.[3] The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 also lists L. echinata subspecies citrina and occidentalis and L. orbifolia as endangered and L. fairallii as critically endangered.[4]
Habitat destruction, increased bushfire frequencies and the pathogen which causes dieback disease, Phytophthora cinnamomi are the greatest threats to these species.[3]
| Common and scientific names[1][5] | Subspecies and varieties[5] | Distribution | IUCN Status[3] | Other statuses[4][6] | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prickly honeysuckle, Lambertia echinata R.Br. | subsp. citrina Hnatiuk
Prickly honeysuckle - subsp. echinata Western prickly honeysuckle - subsp. occidentalis Keighery |
S.W. Western Australia | File:Status iucn EN icon.svg | Endangered (subsp. citrina + occidentalis) (EPBC)
Threatened (Declared Rare Flora) – Extant Taxa (subsp. citrina + occidentalis (DEC) |
200px |
| Heath-leaved honeysuckle
Lambertia ericifolia R.Br. |
S.W. Western Australia | 200px | |||
| Fairall's lambertia, Fairall's honeysuckle
Lambertia fairallii Keighery |
SW. Western Australia | File:Status iucn CR icon.svg | Critically Endangered (EPBC)
Threatened (Declared Rare Flora) – Extant Taxa (DEC) |
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| Mountain devil, honey flower | Northern NSW around Grafton and between Red Rock and Yamba and Central Coast to Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands in southern NSW. | File:Status iucn LC icon.svg | 200px | ||
| Holly-leaved honeysuckle
Lambertia ilicifolia Hook. |
S.W. Western Australia | File:Status iucn VU icon.svg | 200px | ||
| Chittick
Lambertia inermis R.Br. |
var. drummondii (Fielding & Gardner) Hnatiuk
var. inermis |
S.W. Western Australia | File:Status iucn VU icon.svg | 200px | |
| Many-flowered honeysuckle
Lambertia multiflora Lindl. |
var. darlingensis Hnatiuk
var. multiflora |
S.W. Western Australia | File:Status iucn EN icon.svg | 200px | |
| Round-leaf honeysuckle
Lambertia orbifolia C.A.Gardner |
Round-leaf honeysuckle - subsp. orbifolia
Penny-leaved honeysuckle - subsp. pecuniosa A.D.Webb, L.T.Monks & Wege Scott River honeysuckle - subsp. vespera A.D.Webb, L.T.Monks & Wege |
S.W. Western Australia | Endangered (EPBC)
Threatened (Declared Rare Flora) – Extant Taxa (All subsp.) (DEC) |
200px | |
| Green honeysuckle
Lambertia rariflora Meisn. |
subsp. lutea Hnatiuk
subsp. rariflora |
S.W. Western Australia | 200px | ||
| Lambertia uniflora R.Br. | S.W. corner of Western Australia | 200px |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedAPC - ↑ Harden, G.J.. "Genus Lambertia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lambertia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonomies=118924&searchType=species.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "EPBC Act List of Threatened Flora". https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicthreatenedlist.pl?wanted=flora.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Florabase—the Western Australian flora Lambertia". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/search/quick?q=lambertia.
- ↑ "Threatened and Priority Flora List - December 2025". Government of Western Australia. https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/management/threatened-species-and-communities.
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