Verticordia sect. Catocalypta

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

7 species: see text.

Verticordia sect. Catocalypta is one of eleven sections in the subgenus Verticordia. It includes seven species of plants in the genus Verticordia. Plants in this section are small, bushy shrubs which grow to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft), have thick, fleshy, leaves which are triangular in cross-section. The flowers are arranged in open, corymb-like heads of relatively large flowers. Importantly, their sepals have down-turned, tufts of hair which surround the floral cup.[1]

In 1843, Johannes Conrad Schauer described Verticordia subg. Catocalypta and published the description in Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum.[2][3] In 1856, Carl Meissner relegated the subgenus to a section.[4] Schauer did not provide an etymology for Catocalypta but in Ancient Greek, kato means "down below"[5]:279 and kalyptos means "covered",[5]:181 probably referring to the tufts of hair covering the floral cup.[1]

When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991 he retained Meissner's description.[6][7]

The type species for this section is Verticordia insignis and the other six species are V. roei, V. inclusa, V. apecta, V. habrantha, V. lehmannii and V. pritzelii.[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. 108–109. ISBN 1876268468.
  2. ↑ "Verticordia subg. Catocalypta". APNI. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Schauer, Johannes Conrad (1843). Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum. p. 213. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Verticordia sect. Catocalypta (Schauer) Meisn.". APNI. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  6. ↑ "Verticordia sect. Catocalypta". APNI. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  7. ↑ George, Alex (1991). "New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 7 (3): 276.
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