| Verticordia sect. Corymbiformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Verticordia |
| Subgenus: | Verticordia subg. Verticordia |
| Section: | Verticordia sect. Corymbiformis A.S.George |
| Species | |
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5 species: see text. | |
Verticordia sect. Corymbiformis is one of eleven sections in the subgenus Verticordia. It includes five species of plants in the genus Verticordia. Plants in this section are mostly compact shrubs 0.3–1 m (1–3 ft) tall with a constricted floral cup, fringed or divided sepal lobes and dense heads of small flowers.[1] When Alex George reviewed the genus in 1991 he formally described this section, publishing the description in the journal Nuytsia.[2][3] The name Corymbiformis is derived from the Latin word corymbus meaning "a bunch of flowers"[4]: 214 and the suffix -formis meaning "shaped"[4]: 46 referring to the flower arrangement of the species in this section.[1]
The type species for this section is Verticordia brownii and the other four species are V. polytricha, V. densiflora, V. eriocephala and V. capillaris.[1]
- ^ a b c (Berndt) George, Elizabeth A.; Pieroni, Margaret (2002). Verticordia : the turner of hearts. Crawley, Western Australia ;Canberra: University Of Western Australia Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 1876268468.
- ^ "Verticordia sect. Corymbiformis". APNI. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ George, Alex (1991). "New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 7 (3): 273.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.