- Verticordia decussata
taxobox
name = "Verticordia verticillata"
status_system = DECF
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperm s
unranked_classis =Eudicot s
unranked_ordo =Rosid s
ordo =Myrtales
familia =Myrtaceae
genus = "Verticordia "
species = "V. verticillata"
binomial = "Verticordia decussata"
binomial_authority = S.T.Blake ex Byrnes [Byrnes, N.B. (1977) The genus Verticordia (Myrtaceae) in Northern Australia. "Austrobaileya" 1(1): 47 [tax. nov.] Type: "Northern Territory: Edith R., 14° 90' S 132° 18' E, Sep. 1974 Dunlop 3652 (BRI, holo; DNA, iso)"] |"Verticordia decussata" is a shrub that is endemic to the
Northern Territory .The description of the species was first published in "Austrobaileya" in 1977.
The shrub is able to regrow after bushfire.
The distribution range is within the Northern Territory and includes
Kakadu ."Verticordia decussata" is associated with "Micraira multinervia " in sparse shrub communities and "Calatrix " species in open woodland. [Cite web|url=http://www.chah.gov.au/cgi-bin/anhsir?070=CANB&080=292646|title=Micraira multinervia |work=ANH Specimen Information Register|publisher= Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS)] [Cite web|url=http://www.chah.gov.au/cgi-bin/anhsir?070=CBG&080=8003523|title=Calytrix decussata |work=ANH Specimen Information Register|publisher= Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS)]The species is classified as being in the section, "Verticordia" sect. "Tropica", along with two other outlying species of the otherwise
West Australian genus; "Verticordia cunninghamii " and "Verticordia verticillata ".References
*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= p. 312-314; pl. 65 |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote=
*cite web|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=602645-1|title=Myrtaceae Verticordia decussata S.T.Blake ex N.B.Byrnes|work=Plant Name Details|publisher=IPNI
*APNI|name = "Verticordia decussata" S.T.Blake ex Byrnes|id=31243
* [http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/plants/pdf/endemiclist_2005.pdf NT Endemic Plant Species – 13 Oct. 2005]
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