Verticordia venusta
| Verticordia venusta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Verticordia |
| Species: | V. venusta |
| Binomial name | |
| Verticordia venusta A.S.George | |
Verticordia venusta is a shrub that occurs in Southwest Australia. The epithet is derived from venustus, Latin for charming, and refers to the flower of the plant.[1]
Description
Verticordia venusta is a species of Verticordia, a genus within the family Myrtaceae, which are noted for their exquisite flowers. The flowers of this plant are a pinkish or darker maroon. These shrubs are erect and spreading, attaining a height and width of between 0.3 and 2 metres. They do not possess a lignotuber, having one main stem that is openly branched.
The plumose flowers appear successively along a spike like arrangement, becoming deeper maroon in colour. As the flowers age, turning silvery and pinkish, they become scented.[1]
Taxonomy
Discovery and naming
The type collection for Verticordia grandis is the one obtained by Basil Smith, the location was 'south of Manmanning'.[2] The species was first described by Alex George in 1991.[3]
Infrageneric placement
The taxonomic arrangement of this species, placed in a section of the subgenus Verticordia subg. Eperephes as Verticordia sect. Pennuligera, was published in Nuytsia; Alex George's 1991 revision of the genus.[4] The infrageneric placement is as follows:
- Verticordia
- V. subg. Chrysoma (7 sections, 21 species)
- V. subg. Verticordia (11 sections, 36 species)
- V. subg. Eperephes
- V. sect. Integripetala (5 species)
- V. sect. Tropica (3 species)
- V. sect. Jamiesoniana (1 species)
- V. sect. Verticordella (18 species)
- V. sect. Corynatoca (1 species)
- V. sect. Pennuligera
- V. comosa
- V. lepidophylla
- V. chrysostachys
- V. aereiflora
- V. dichroma
- V. x eurardyensis
- V. muelleriana
- V. argentea
- V. albida
- V. fragrans
- V. venusta
- V. forrestii
- V. serotina
- V. oculata
- V. etheliana
- V. grandis
The leaves of this section are often described as the round or lettuce-leaved species.
Distribution and habitat
It occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt.
References
- 1 2 Elizabeth A. (Berndt) George; Margaret Pieroni (illustrator) (2002). Verticordia: the turner of hearts. Crawley: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 402, 403. ISBN 1-876268-46-8.
101. Verticordia grandis
- ↑ by railway, S of Manmanning, Western Australia, 30°55'S 117°06'E, 28 November 1983, B.H.Smith 318 (holo: PERTH; iso: AD,CANB,HO,MEL).
- ↑ "Verticordia venusta". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ George, A.S. (1991) New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 7(3): 254
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Verticordia venusta |
- "Verticordia grandis". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- "Verticordia grandis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.