| Verticordia sect. Micrantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Tribe: | Chamelaucieae |
| Genus: | Verticordia A.S.George |
| Species | |
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3 species: see text. | |
Verticordia sect. Micrantha is one of eleven sections in the subgenus Verticordia. It includes three species of plants in the genus Verticordia. Plants in this section small shrubs with tiny flowers smelling faintly like mice. The floral cup has five ribs on its sides.[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 Micrantha is derived from the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small"[4]: 522 and anthos meaning "flower"[4]: 338 in reference to the small flowers of plants in this section.[1]
The type species for this section is Verticordia minutiflora and the other two species are V. vicinella and V. fastigiata.[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. p. 106. ISBN 1876268468.
- ^ "Verticordia sect. Micrantha". APNI. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ George, Alex (1991). "New taxa, combinations and typifications in Verticordia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 7 (3): 274.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.