''Verticordia'' sect. ''Corynatoca'' is one of six

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''Eperephes''. It includes the single species ''

Verticordia ovalifolia ''Verticordia ovalifolia'', commonly known as oval-leaved 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 is an openl ...

''. Plants in this section are sometimes bushy shrubs, sometimes tall and open. The

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on their surface. When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991 he described the section and gave it the name ''Corynatoca''. The name "''Corynatoca''" is from the Greek ''koryne'' (a club) and ''atakos'' (barren), referring to the unusual staminodes. The type and only species in this section is ''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q28184727 Corynatoca Rosids of Western Australia Plant sections Monotypic plant taxa