Verticordia sect. Integripetala

Verticordia sect. Integripetala is one of six sections in the subgenus Eperephes. It includes five species of plants in the genus Verticordia. Plants in this section are mostly small, bushy shrubs with needle-like leaves and dark red to pink or creamy-white flowers with their petals having smooth edges. Most species are confined to the wheatbelt.[1] When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991, he described the section and gave it the name Integripetala.[2][3] The name Integripetala is from the Latin words integer meaning "whole", "entire" or "sound"[4]:440 and petalum meaning "petal"[4]:600 referring smooth or entire edges of the petals in these species.[1]

Verticordia sect. Integripetala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Verticordia
Subgenus: Verticordia subg. Eperephes
Section: Verticordia sect. Integripetala
Type species
Verticordia picta
Species

5 species: see text.

The type species for this section is Verticordia picta and the other four species are V. helmsii, V. rennieana, V. interioris and V. mirabilis.[1]

References
  1. (Berndt) George, Elizabeth A.; Pieroni, Margaret (2002). Verticordia : the turner of hearts. Crawley, Western Australia ;Canberra: University Of Western Australia Press. p. 111. ISBN 1876268468.
  2. "Verticordia sect. Integripetala A.S.George". APNI. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. George, Alex (1991). "New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae : Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 7 (3): 279.
  4. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.


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