Verticordia sect. Verticordella
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Verticordia sect. Verticordella is a section
of Verticordia
that describes a group of eighteen shrub species. This description was first made in 1857 by Carl Meissner
in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, but he did not indicate the reason for his choice of the name. It was later included in Hooker's Journal of Botany without a description. Verticordella is presumed to be diminutive form of Verticordia. The section describes the species previously referred to as the 'drummondii and lindleyi groups', taxa that had previously caused confusion. The section was later expanded and included within the subgenera, as Verticordia subg. Eperephes
, in Alex George
's 1991 arrangement of the genus. The type species
for this section is Schauer
's Verticordia drumondii.
The species described as within this section usually have a single stem, but some have a lignotuber
that will produce several stems after regrowth. The flowers are scented, slightly to very sweet smelling, a hypanthium with down-ward curving appendages, bracteoles which are shed, and sepals with fringed lobes. The flowers have petals with a fringed or toothed margin and a curved style that is hairy at the apex. The leaf margins are similar to the petals, and partly cylindrical or concave in profile.
George's arrangement came to include the following species:
Section (botany)
In botany, a section is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may have hundreds of species...
of Verticordia
Verticordia
Verticordia, a genus of the Myrtaceae family, are woody shrubs with small and exquisite flowers. They are mostly found in Southwest Australia, with several outlier species in northern regions. A revision of the genus in 1991 produced a classification within Verticordia of 3 subgenera, 24 sections,...
that describes a group of eighteen shrub species. This description was first made in 1857 by Carl Meissner
Carl Meissner
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Swiss botanist.Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel...
in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, but he did not indicate the reason for his choice of the name. It was later included in Hooker's Journal of Botany without a description. Verticordella is presumed to be diminutive form of Verticordia. The section describes the species previously referred to as the 'drummondii and lindleyi groups', taxa that had previously caused confusion. The section was later expanded and included within the subgenera, as Verticordia subg. Eperephes
Verticordia subg. Eperephes
Verticordia subg. Eperephes is a botanical name for a grouping of similar plant species in the genus Verticordia. This subgenus contains six sections, classifying forty four species, of Alex George's infrageneric arrangement...
, in Alex George
Alex George
Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
's 1991 arrangement of the genus. The type species
Type species
In biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species...
for this section is Schauer
Johannes Conrad Schauer
Johannes Conrad Schauer was a botanist interested in Spermatophytes. He was a professor of botany at the University of Greifswald. Amongst his published works are descriptions of the myrtles of Western Australia.-References:...
's Verticordia drumondii.
The species described as within this section usually have a single stem, but some have a lignotuber
Lignotuber
A lignotuber is a starchy swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem by fire. The crown contains buds from which new stems may sprout, and a sufficient store of nutrients to support a period of growth in the absence of...
that will produce several stems after regrowth. The flowers are scented, slightly to very sweet smelling, a hypanthium with down-ward curving appendages, bracteoles which are shed, and sepals with fringed lobes. The flowers have petals with a fringed or toothed margin and a curved style that is hairy at the apex. The leaf margins are similar to the petals, and partly cylindrical or concave in profile.
George's arrangement came to include the following species:
- Section Verticordella
- V. pennigeraVerticordia pennigeraVerticordia pennigera is a small erect or prostrate shrub found throughout Southwest Australia. The flowers are pink and fringed. The species occurs on soils that are sandy or clay types; frequently gravelly or granitic...
- V. halophilaVerticordia halophilaVerticordia halophila is an erect and bushy shrub found in Southwest Australia.It is commonly referred to by the name Salt-loving Featherflower, or Salt-loving Verticordia, as the plant is found in saline soil types....
- V. blepharophyllaVerticordia blepharophyllaVerticordia blepharophylla is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....
- V. lindleyi - V. carinataVerticordia carinataVerticordia carinata is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....
- V. attenuataVerticordia attenuataVerticordia attenuata is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....
- V. drummondii - V. wonganensis - V. paludosa - V. luteola - V. bifimbriataVerticordia bifimbriataVerticordia bifimbriata is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....
- V. tumida - V. mitodes - V. centipeda - V. auriculataVerticordia auriculataVerticordia auriculata is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....
- V. pholidophylla - V. spicataVerticordia spicataVerticordia spicata is a species of flowering plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is a bushy shrub, with white to pink flowers, that occurs in Southwest Australia. The informal name is the Spiked Featherflower....
- V. hughanii
- V. pennigera