Verticordia

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superrosids • Cladus: rosids • Cladus: eurosids II • Ordo: Myrtales • Familia: Myrtaceae • Tribus: Chamelaucieae • Genus: Verticordia DC. (1828)

Genus Verticordia DC. (1828)

Verticordia is a beautifully flowered genus of woody shrubs found in the south west of Australia. They are also called Featherflowers, their massed flowerheads form striking displays in the heathlands and forests of that botanic province. (adapted from the english wikipedia.)

Species

(paintings below)

a

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  Verticordia acerosa
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  Verticordia apecta

b

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  Verticordia blepharophylla
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  Verticordia brownii

c

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  Verticordia chrysantha
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  Verticordia chrysanthella
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  Verticordia chrysostachys
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  Verticordia citrella
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  Verticordia cunninghamii

d

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  Verticordia decussata
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  Verticordia densiflora
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  Verticordia dichroma
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  Verticordia drummondii

e

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  Verticordia endlicheriana
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  Verticordia eriocephala
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  Verticordia etheliana

f

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  Verticordia fastigiata

g

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  Verticordia galeata
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  Verticordia grandiflora
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  Verticordia grandis

h

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  Verticordia habrantha
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  Verticordia halophila
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  Verticordia helichrysantha
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  Verticordia huegelii
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  Verticordia humilis

i

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  Verticordia inclusa
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  Verticordia insignis

l

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  Verticordia galeata
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  Verticordia lindleyi
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  Verticordia longistylis

m

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  Verticordia mitchelliana
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  Verticordia monadelpha

n

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  Verticordia nitens
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  Verticordia nobilis

o

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  Verticordia oculata
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  Verticordia ovalifolia

p

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  Verticordia penicillaris
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  Verticordia pennigera
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  Verticordia picta
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  Verticordia plumosa

r

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  Verticordia roei

s

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  Verticordia serrata
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  Verticordia spicata
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  Verticordia staminosa
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  Verticordia subulata

t

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  Verticordia tumida

v

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  Verticordia venusta
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  Verticordia verticillata

Verticordia nitens

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  Plate 1 from A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony in Edwards's Botanical Register/Appendix to the First Twenty-three Volumes
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  Plate 5286 Verticordia nitens from Curtis's Botanical Magazine

Paintings

Ellis Rowan

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  Verticordia pennigera
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  Verticordia huegelii
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  Verticordia species; Verticordia grandis, V. huegelii, V. brachypoda
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  More heart turners, unknown species
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  Verticordia habrantha and other species.

Adam Forster

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  Verticordia brownii Approx 1927
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  Verticordia insignis