Stylidium subg. Forsteropsis

Taxobox
name = "Forsteropsis"


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Forsteropsis"
subgenus_authority = (Sond.) Mildbr. 1908
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Stylidium imbricatum" "Stylidium leeuwinense" "Stylidium marradongense" "Stylidium preissii" "Stylidium semaphorum"
type_species = "Stylidium preissii"
type_species_authority = (Sond.) F.Muell.
synonyms = "Stylidium" ser. "Imbricatae":Benth. 1869

"Stylidium" subg. "Forsteropsis", as circumscribed by Allen Lowrie and Kevin Kenneally, contains five species of triggerplants from south-western Australia that are characterized by their tightly appressed leaves arranged in a spiral around the stem. This subgenus was originally described by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in 1845 as the genus "Forsteropsis".Lowrie, A. and Kenneally, K.F. (1997). A taxonomic review of "Stylidium" subgenus "Forsteropsis" (Stylidiaceae). "Nuytsia", 11(3): 353-364.]

See also

*List of Stylidium species

References