Verticordia sect. Infuscata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Verticordia
Subgenus: Verticordia subg. Verticordia
Section: Verticordia sect. Infuscata
A.S.George
Species

2 species: see text.

Verticordia sect. Infuscata is one of eleven sections in the subgenus Verticordia. It includes two species of plants in the genus Verticordia. Plants in this section are small shrubs with greyish foliage, unusual flowers and an odour of mice. The floral cup has a tuft of hairs around its base, dull purple or cream-coloured flowers with divided sepals and petals with a transparent margin.[1] When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991 he formally described this section, publishing the description in the journal Nuytsia.[2][3] The name Infuscata is derived from the Latin word fusca meaning "dark" or "dusky"[4] referring to the dullish colour of plants in this section.[1]

The type species for this section is Verticordia oxylepis and the other species is V. longistylis.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 (Berndt) George, Elizabeth A.; Pieroni, Margaret (2002). Verticordia : the turner of hearts. Crawley, Western Australia ;Canberra: University Of Western Australia Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 1876268468.
  2. ↑ "Verticordia sect. Infuscata". APNI. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ↑ George, Alex (1991). "New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 7 (3): 274.
  4. ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 149.


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