''Verticordia'' subg. ''Chrysoma'' is a botanical name for a grouping of similar plant species 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 ...

''. This

subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...

contains seven sections, classifying twenty one species, of

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's infrageneric arrangement. A number of similar anatomical features differentiate the contained species from the two other subgenera. The name of this subgenus was first given by Schauer in 1840, likely derived from the Greek ''chryso-'' for golden, for the yellow flowered species. The revision of the genus by George devised a new section with this name - Verticordia sect. Chrysoma (Schauer) A.S.George - nominating ''

Verticordia acerosa ''Verticordia acerosa'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with yellow flowers which change colour through red to almost black as they age. There are t ...

'' as the type species. The leaves are often found to differ at the flowering branch and the base of the plant. They are long and thin, and flattened or needle-like. Small green structures in other Verticordia, found at the edge of the hypanthium, are absent in this taxon. The flowers become red or orange, in some of the contained taxa, but are otherwise yellow. :''Verticordia'' subg. ''Chrysoma'' ::Section ''Chrysoma'' ::Section ''Jugata'' ::Section ''Unguiculata'' ::Section ''Sigalantha'' ::Section ''Chrysorhoe'' ::Section ''Cooloomia'' ::Section ''Synandra''

References

* * (1843) ''Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum'': 199 * (1991) New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). '' Nuytsia'' 7(3): 282 * {{Taxonbar, from=Q7922927

Chrysoma ''Chrysoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Species More than 20 species names have been created in the genus, most of them now transferred to other genera ''( Ericameria, Xylothamia, Solidago, Gundlachia).'' Only on ...

Rosids of Western Australia Plant subgenera