Verticordia sect. Verticordia

Verticordia sect. Verticordia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Verticordia
Subgenus: Verticordia subg. Verticordia
Section: Verticordia DC. sect. Verticordia
Species

8 species: see text.

Verticordia sect. Verticordia is a section of Verticordia that describes a group of eight shrub species. The section is contained by the subgenus Verticordia subg. Verticordia in Alex George's 1991 infrageneric arrangement. The type species for this section is Verticordia plumosa, the same as that of the genus.

The species described as within this section are:

Section Verticordia
V. crebra - V. helichrysantha - V. plumosa - V. stenopetala - V. sieberi - V. harveyi - V. pityrhops - V. fimbrilepis

References

    • "Verticordia DC. sect. Verticordia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. 
    • Mueller, F.J.H. von (1855) Description of new Australian plants chiefly from the colony of Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science 1: 122 Verticordia DC. sect. Verticordia
    • George, A.S. (1991) New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 281
    • Elizabeth A. (Berndt) George; Margaret Pieroni (illustrator) (2002). Verticordia: The turner of hearts. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press. p. 105. ISBN 1-876268-46-8. 


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