Lysinema
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Lysinema is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Lysinema|title=Lysinema |accessdate=3 March 2012|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}
The species, which are all endemic to the south west of Western Australia, include:{{FloraBase|name=Lysinema |id= 21889}}
- Lysinema ciliatum R.Br. - Curry Flower{{Cite journal|last=Thiele|first=Kevin R.|date=2009|title=A new circumscription for Lysinema ciliatum (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Epacrideae) and reinstatement of L. pentapetalum|url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/science/nuytsia/577.pdf|journal=Nuytsia|volume=19|issue=2 |pages=265–275|doi=10.58828/nuy00577 }}
- Lysinema conspicuum R.Br.
- Lysinema elegans Sond.
- Lysinema fimbriatum F.Muell.
- Lysinema lasianthum R.Br.
- Lysinema pentapetalum R.Br.
The genus was formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown.
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