''Verticordia'' sect. ''Jugata'' is one of seven
sections in the
subgenus
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''Chrysoma''. It includes seven species of plants in the
genus ''
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 ...
''. Plants in this section are mostly bushy shrubs to tall with bright yellow flowers which in some species turn red as they age. They have
sepals with fringed lobes,
petal
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s which have lobes arranged like the fingers of a hand and
bracteoles which are joined together and remain attached to the flower after it opens.
When
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reviewed the genus in 1991, he described the section and gave it the name ''Jugata''.
The name ''Jugata'' is from the
Latin word ''jugis'' meaning "yoked together"
referring to the arrangement of the bracteoles in these species.
The
type species for this section is ''
Verticordia chrysantha'' and the other six species are ''
V. chrysanthella'', ''
V. galeata'', ''
V. brevifolia'' ''
V. coronata'', ''
V. amphigia'' and ''
V. laciniata''.
References
Jugata
Rosids of Western Australia
Plant sections
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