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Verticordia Sect. Verticordella
''Verticordia'' sect. ''Verticordella'' is one of six Section (botany), sections in the subgenus Verticordia subg. Eperephes, ''Eperephes''. It includes eighteen species in the genus ''Verticordia''. Plants in this section are often small, bushy shrubs with a single main stem and scented flowers. (Some species have a lignotuber which will produce several stems following regrowth after fire.) The leaves are linear, usually semi-circular in cross-section and have a hairy or irregularly toothed edge. The flowers are pink, sometimes red to purple, pale yellow or white. They have a Hypanthium, floral cup with downward curving wikt:appendages, appendages, Bract#Bracteole, bracteoles which are shed when the flower opens, and sepals with fringed lobes. The petals have a fringed or toothed margin and a curved Stigma (botany), style that is hairy at the apex. In 1857, Carl Meissner proposed separating the genus ''Verticordia'' into four sections and formally described section ''Verticordell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Meissner
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40-year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel. He made important contributions to the botanical literature, including the publication of the comprehensive work ''Plantarum Vascularum Genera'', and publications of monographs on the families Polygonaceae (especially the genus ''Polygonum''), Lauraceae, Proteaceae, Thymelaeaceae and Hernandiaceae. His contributions to the description of the Australian flora were prolific; he described hundreds of species of Australian Proteaceae, and many Australian species from other families, especially Fabaceae, Mimosaceae and Myrtaceae. His health deteriorated after 1866, and he was less active. He died in Basel on 2 May 1874. See also * Meissner's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
