Stylidium sect. Debilia

Taxobox
name = "Debilia"

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image_caption = "Stylidium debile"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Tolypangium"
sectio = "Debilia"
sectio_authority = Mildbr. 1908
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Stylidium austrocapense" "Stylidium debile" "Stylidium floribundum" "Stylidium inaequipetalum" "Stylidium leptorrhizum" "Stylidium multiscapum" "Stylidium ornatum" "Stylidium paniculatum" "Stylidium semipartitum" "Stylidium velleioides"
type_species = "Stylidium debile"
type_species_authority = F.Muell."Stylidium" section "Debilia" is a taxonomic rank under "Stylidium" subgenus "Tolypangium". In his 1908 monograph on the family Stylidiaceae, Johannes Mildbraed had established this section as "Debiles". In 1999, A.R. Bean published a taxonomic revision of several sections in subgenus "Tolypangium" in which he renamed the section from "Debiles" to "Debilia".Bean, A.R. (1999). A revision of "Stylidium" sect. "Debilia" Mildbr., "S." sect. "Floodia" Mildbr. and "S." sect. "Lanata" A.R.Bean (Stylidiaceae). "Austrobaileya" 5(3): 427-455.]

Species in this section are distinguished by their cylindrical, unthickened rootstocks. They generally have oblanceolate, elliptical, or obovate leaves that are in terminal rosettes or cauline in growth habit. Their flower petals are all free and entire. This section contains ten species in total that are all endemic to northern and eastern Australia.

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References