Verticordia subg. Chrysoma

taxobox
name = "Verticordia" subg. "Chrysoma"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Verticordia"
subgenus = "Verticordia" subg. "Chrysoma"
subgenus_authority = Schauer
subdivision_ranks = Section
subdivision = 7 sections: see text|

"Verticordia" subg. "Chrysoma" is a botanical name for a grouping of similar plant species in the genus "Verticordia".

This subgenus contains seven sections, classifying twenty one species, of Alex George's infrageneric arrangement. A number of similar anatomical features differentiate the contained species from the two other subgenera.

The name of this subgenus was first given by Schauer in 1840, likely derived from the Greek "chryso-" for golden, for the yellow flowered species. The revision of the genus by George devised a new section with this name - Verticordia sect. Chrysoma (Schauer) A.S.George - nominating "Verticordia acerosa" as the type species.

The leaves are often found to differ at the flowering branch and the base of the plant. They are long and thin, and flattened or needle-like. Small green structures in other Verticordia, found at the edge of the hypanthium, are absent in this taxon. The flowers become red, or orange, in some of the contained taxa, but are otherwise yellow.

:"Verticordia" subg. "Chrysoma"::Section "Chrysoma"::Section "Jugata"::Section "Unguiculata"::Section "Sigalantha"::Section "Chrysorhoe"::Section "Cooloomia"::Section "Synandra"

References

*APNI|name ="Verticordia" DC. subg. "Chrysoma"|id= 29155
*smallcaps|Schauer, J.C. (1843) "Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum": 199
*smallcaps|George, A.S. (1991) New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). "Nuytsia" 7(3): 282
*cite book |last=George (Berndt) |first=Elizabeth A. |authorlink= |coauthors= Margaret Pieroni (illustrations) |editor= |others= |title= Verticordia: the turner of hearts|edition= |series= |date= |year=2002 |month= |publisher=University of Western Australia Press |location=Crawley |language= |isbn=1 876 268 46 8 |pages= 101|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote=