Verticordia decussata
| Verticordia verticillata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Verticordia |
| Species: | V. verticillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Verticordia decussata S.T.Blake ex Byrnes[1] | |
Verticordia decussata is a shrub that is endemic to the Northern Territory.
The description of the species was first published in Austrobaileya in 1977.
The shrub is able to regrow after bushfire.
The distribution range is within the Northern Territory and includes Kakadu. Verticordia decussata is associated with Micraira multinervia in sparse shrub communities and Calatrix species in open woodland.[2][3]
The species is classified as being in the section Verticordia sect. Tropica along with two other outlying species of the otherwise West Australian genus, Verticordia cunninghamii and Verticordia verticillata.
References
- ↑ Byrnes, N.B. (1977) The genus Verticordia (Myrtaceae) in Northern Australia. Austrobaileya 1(1): 47 [tax. nov.] Type: "Northern Territory: Edith R., 14° 90' S 132° 18' E, Sep. 1974 Dunlop 3652 (BRI, holo; DNA, iso)"
- ↑ "Micraira multinervia". ANH Specimen Information Register. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
- ↑ "Calytrix decussata". ANH Specimen Information Register. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
- Elizabeth A. (Berndt) George; Margaret Pieroni (illustrator) (2002). Verticordia: the turner of hearts. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 312–314; pl. 65. ISBN 1-876268-46-8.
- "Myrtaceae Verticordia decussata S.T.Blake ex N.B.Byrnes". Plant Name Details. IPNI. horizontal tab character in
|title=at position 33 (help) - "Verticordia decussata S.T.Blake ex Byrnes". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- NT Endemic Plant Species – 13 Oct. 2005
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