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Verticordia verticillata

Index Verticordia verticillata

Verticordia verticillata, commonly known as tropical featherflower or whorled-leaved featherflower is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area in the north of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. [1]

21 relations: Botanical name, Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia), Endemism, Family (biology), Flowering plant, Hypanthium, Keep River National Park, Kimberley (Western Australia), Latin, Lignotuber, Margaret Pieroni, Myrtaceae, Norman Byrnes (botanist), Northern Territory, Petal, Sepal, Stigma (botany), Verticordia cunninghamii, Verticordia decussata, Western Australia, Whorl (botany).

Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

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Department of Parks and Wildlife (Western Australia)

The Department of Parks and Wildlife (DPaW) was a department of the Government of Western Australia.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Hypanthium

In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube.

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Keep River National Park

Keep River National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 418 km southwest of Darwin and 468 km west of Katherine.

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Kimberley (Western Australia)

The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lignotuber

A lignotuber is a woody swelling of the root crown possessed by some plants as a protection against destruction of the plant stem, such as by fire.

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Margaret Pieroni

Margaret Pieroni is a Western Australian botanical artist and botanist who has authored, co-authored and/or illustrated many books on Australian botany, including Brush with Gondwana: Botanical Artists Group of Western Australia (2008), The Dryandras (2006), Verticordia: the turner of hearts (2002), Discovering the wildflowers of Western Australia (1993), Exploring granite outcrops (1990) and Leaf and branch: trees and tall shrubs of Perth (1990).

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Myrtaceae

Myrtaceae or the myrtle family is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales.

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Norman Byrnes (botanist)

Norman Brice Byrnes (1922 – 1998) was an Australian botanist, specialising in taxonomy.

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Stigma (botany)

The stigma (plural: stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.

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Verticordia cunninghamii

Verticordia cunninghamii, commonly known as tree featherflower or liandu, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area in the extreme north of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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Verticordia decussata

Verticordia decussata is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area in the north of the Northern Territory.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Whorl (botany)

In botany, a whorl or verticil is an arrangement of sepals, petals, leaves, stipules or branches that radiate from a single point and surround or wrap around the stem.

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Redirects here:

Tropical feather-flower, Tropical featherflower, Whorled-leafed feather-flower, Whorled-leafed featherflower, Whorled-leaved feather-flower, Whorled-leaved featherflower.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticordia_verticillata

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