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Verticordia subg. Verticordia is a botanical name

Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...

for a grouping of similar plant species in the genus 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,...

. This subgenus

Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which...

contains eleven section

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...

s, classifying thirty six species, of Alex George

Alex George

Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...

's infrageneric arrangement. A number of anatomical features differentiate the contained species from the other two subgenera.

Verticordia subg. Verticordia

Section Verticordia

Verticordia sect. Verticordia

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, and the genus, is Verticordia plumosa
Verticordia plumosa
Verticordia plumosa is a shrub, up to 1.4 m tall, found in Southwest Australia. It was one of the first Verticordia species to be collected and described. It is known by a common name, the Plumed Featherflower.-Description:...

Section Corymbiformis

the type species for this section, closely related to Verticordia sect. Verticordia, is Verticordia brownii
Verticordia brownii
Verticordia brownii is a woody shrub that is found in Western Australia. It was one of the first Verticordia to be collected and known to European botanists...

Section Micrantha

Section Infuscata

Section Elachoschista

containing a single species, Verticordia verticordina
Verticordia verticordina
Verticordia verticordina is a species of flowering plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is a low growing shrub, with greenish-white flowers, that occurs near the southern coast of Western Australia....

Section Pencillaris

Section Pilocosta

Section Catocalypta

Section Platandra

containing a single species, Verticordia gracilis

Section Recondita

containing a single species, Verticordia humilis

Section Intricata

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