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Verticordia
:For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve). ''Verticordia'' is a genus of more than 100 species of plants commonly known as featherflowers, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. They range in form from very small shrubs such as '' V. verticordina'' to trees like '' V. cunninghamii'', some spindly, others dense and bushy, but the majority are woody shrubs up to tall. The flowers are variously described as "feathery", "woolly" or "hairy" and are found in most colours except blue. They often appear to be in rounded groups or spikes but in fact are always single, each flower borne on a separate stalk in a leaf axil. Each flower has five sepals and five petals all of a similar size with the sepals often having feathery or hairy lobes. There are usually ten stamens alternating with variously shaped staminodes. The style is simple, usually not extending beyond the petals and often has hairs near the tip. All but two species are found in Southwest Australia, the other two occur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Verticordia Species
The following is a list of ''Verticordia'' species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at December 2020: *''Verticordia acerosa'' Lindl. *''Verticordia aereiflora'' Eliz.George & A.S.George *''Verticordia albida'' A.S.George *''Verticordia amphigia'' A.S.George – pixie ears *''Verticordia apecta'' Eliz.George & A.S.George – scruffy verticordia, Hay River featherflower *''Verticordia argentea'' A.S.George *''Verticordia attenuata'' A.S.George *'' Verticordia aurea'' A.S.George - buttercups *'' Verticordia auriculata'' A.S.George *''Verticordia bifimbriata'' A.S.George *''Verticordia blepharophylla'' A.S.George *'' Verticordia brachypoda'' Turcz. *''Verticordia brevifolia'' A.S.George *''Verticordia brownii'' ( Desf.) DC. – pink brownii, pink cauliflower *''Verticordia capillaris'' A.S.George – cauliflower bush *''Verticordia carinata'' Turcz. – pea-shaped featherflower, Stirling Range featherflower, *'' Verticordia centipeda'' A.S.George *''Verticordia chrysanth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Grandis, Et Al (Rowan)
:For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve). ''Verticordia'' is a genus of more than 100 species of plants commonly known as featherflowers, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. They range in form from very small shrubs such as '' V. verticordina'' to trees like '' V. cunninghamii'', some spindly, others dense and bushy, but the majority are woody shrubs up to tall. The flowers are variously described as "feathery", "woolly" or "hairy" and are found in most colours except blue. They often appear to be in rounded groups or spikes but in fact are always single, each flower borne on a separate stalk in a leaf axil. Each flower has five sepals and five petals all of a similar size with the sepals often having feathery or hairy lobes. There are usually ten stamens alternating with variously shaped staminodes. The style is simple, usually not extending beyond the petals and often has hairs near the tip. All but two species are found in Southwest Australia, the other two occurring i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Plumosa
''Verticordia plumosa'', commonly known as plumed featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle Family (biology), family, Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It was the first species in the genus to be described, although initially given the name ''Chamelaucium plumosum''. It is a shrub with linear leaves and rounded groups of scented pink, mauve or white flowers. Two varieties of this species have been declared as being "threatened". Description ''Verticordia plumosa'' is usually an openly branched shrub which grows to a height of . Its leaves are linear in shape, semi-circular in cross-section and long. The flowers are scented and arranged in rounded or corymb-like groups on stalks long. The Hypanthium, floral cup is wikt:hemisphere, hemispherical in shape, long, smooth but hairy. The sepals are pink, mauve or white, long and spread widely with 3 to 7 feathery lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the sepal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia (bivalve)
''Verticordia'' is a genus of marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the family (biology), family Verticordiidae. > They are mostly small, live in deep water and have roughly equal-sized, well-inflated, fragile shells which are pearly inside. Species The following is a list of species according to the World Register of Marine Species: * ''Verticordia australiensis'' Edgar Albert Smith, E.A.Smith * ''Verticordia bordaensis'' Cotton & Godfrey * † ''Verticordia cardiiformis'' James De Carle Sowerby, J.C.Sowerby * † ''Verticordia densicostata'' P. Marshall * † ''Verticordia excavata'' Pritchard, 1901 * ''Verticordia expansa'' Prashad * ''Verticordia granulifera'' (Addison Emery Verrill, Verrill) * ''Verticordia guineensis'' Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele * ''Verticordia inornata'' Jaeckel & Johannes Thiele (zoologist), Thiele * ''Verticordia neozelanica'' (extinct) (Suter) * ''Verticordia ouricuri'' Oliveira & Absalão * † ''Verticordia parisiensis'' De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Verticordina
''Verticordia verticordina'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area near the coast of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, low-growing shrub with crowded leaves and in spring, scattered pale greenish-cream and golden brown flowers. Its unusual flowers and fleshy leaves give the plant a superficial resemblance to a '' Darwinia''. Description ''Verticordia verticordina'' is a shrub with many main stems and which grows to a height of and a width of . The leaves are linear in shape, semi-circular in cross-section, long and crowded near the ends of the branches. The flowers appear in scattered upper leaf axils on thick, erect stalks long. The floral cup is shaped like a hemisphere, about long and hairy, especially near the base. The sepals are cream-coloured, turning brown as they age, elliptic, long, erect, with a ragged, papery, slightly hairy edge. The petals are also cream-coloured but with a dark, brownish band in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Cunninghamii
''Verticordia cunninghamii'', commonly known as tree featherflower or liandu, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area in the extreme north of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a spindly shrub or small tree with narrow leaves and cream to white, sweetly scented, feathery flowers. Description ''Verticordia cunninghamii'' is a spindly to bushy, openly branched shrub or tree which grows to a height of up to and which has one to a few thick woody trunks at the base. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs along the branches and are linear in shape, roughly round or three-sided in cross section, long, have a pointed tip and prominent oil glands. The flowers are sweetly scented and arranged in rounded groups on stalks long. The floral cup is shaped like half a sphere, long, glabrous and slightly rough. The sepals are cream-coloured, long, with 2 hairy lobes. The petals are cream-coloured to white, egg-shaped, long, join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Anne George
Elizabeth Anne (Berndt) George (1935–2012) was a botanical collector and writer active in Western Australia, specialising in the featherflowers ''Verticordia :For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve). ''Verticordia'' is a genus of more than 100 species of plants commonly known as featherflowers, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. They range in form from very small shrubs such as '' V. vertico ...''. Works include the coordination of the Verticordia Reference Collection, specimens that allowed an extensive revision of the genus by the botanist Alex George, and the standard reference ''Verticordia; the turner of hearts'' (2002). Elizabeth George was commemorated in the naming of '' Verticordia elizabethiae'', a species described in 2020. References {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Elizabeth Anne 1935 births 2012 deaths Natural history collectors People from Perth, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homoranthus
''Homoranthus'' is a genus of about thirty species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and all are endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus share similarities with those in both '' Darwinia'' and '' Verticordia''. They are shrubs with their leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with flowers appearing either singly or in small groups, usually in upper leaf axils. They are found in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. The genus was first described in 1836. None of the species is common nor are they well-known in horticulture. Description Plants in the genus ''Homoranthus'' are shrubs with their leaves arranged in opposite pairs, at right angles to the ones above and below ( decussate) so that the leaves are in four rows along the stems. They are linear to cylindrical in shape, sometimes thicker than wide. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to four in the upper leaf axils. There are five sepals and five petals which are enclosed in two bracteole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rylstonea
''Homoranthus'' is a genus of about thirty species of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and all are endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus share similarities with those in both '' Darwinia'' and ''Verticordia''. They are shrubs with their leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with flowers appearing either singly or in small groups, usually in upper leaf axils. They are found in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. The genus was first described in 1836. None of the species is common nor are they well-known in horticulture. Description Plants in the genus ''Homoranthus'' are shrubs with their leaves arranged in opposite pairs, at right angles to the ones above and below (decussate) so that the leaves are in four rows along the stems. They are linear to cylindrical in shape, sometimes thicker than wide. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to four in the upper leaf axils. There are five sepals and five petals which are enclosed in two bracteoles befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex George (botanist)
Alexander Segger George (born 4 April 1939) is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera ''Banksia'' and ''Dryandra''. The "bizarre" Restionaceae genus '' Alexgeorgea'' was named in his honour in 1976. Early life Alex Segger George was born in Western Australia on 4 April 1939. Career George joined the Western Australian Herbarium as a laboratory assistant at the age of twenty in 1959. He worked under Charles Gardner for a year before the latter's retirement, and partly credits him with rekindling an interest in banksias. In 1963 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia, and the following year added a botany major. Continuing at the Western Australian Herbarium as a botanist, in 1968 he was seconded as Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. George also has an interest in history, especially historical biography of naturalists in Western Australia. He has published a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All species are woody, contain essential oils, and have flower parts in multiples of four or five. The leaves are evergreen, alternate to mostly opposite, simple, and usually entire (i.e., without a toothed margin). The flowers have a base number of five petals, though in several genera, the petals are minute or absent. The stamens are usually very conspicuous, brightly coloured, and numerous. Evolutionary history Scientists hypothesize that the family Myrtaceae arose between 60 and 56 million years ago (Mya) during the Paleocene era. Pollen fossils have been sourced to the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. The breakup of Gondwana during the Cretaceous period (145 to 66 Mya) geographically isolated disjunct taxa and allowed for rapid speciation; i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamelaucium
''Chamelaucium'', also known as waxflower, is a genus of shrubs endemic to south western Western Australia. They belong to the myrtle family Myrtaceae and have flowers similar to those of the tea-trees (''Leptospermum''). The most well-known species is the Geraldton wax, '' Chamelaucium uncinatum'', which is cultivated widely for its large attractive flowers. Description Plants of the genus ''Chamelaucium'' are woody evergreen shrubs ranging from 15 cm (6 in) to 3 m (10 ft) high. The leaves are tiny to medium-sized and arranged oppositely on the stems. They contain oil glands and are aromatic, often giving off a pleasant aroma when crushed. The flowers are small and have five petals, ten stamens, and are followed by small hardened fruit. Taxonomy The genus was first defined by French botanist René Louiche Desfontaines in 1819. The derivation of the name is unclear. They are commonly known as waxplants, or wax flowers from the waxy feel of the petals. Fourtee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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