Stylidium subg. Forsteropsis
Stylidium subg. Forsteropsis, as circumscribed by Allen Lowrie and Kevin Kenneally, contains five species of triggerplants from south-western Australia that are characterized by their tightly appressed leaves arranged in a spiral around the stem. This subgenus was originally described by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in 1845 as the genus Forsteropsis.[1]
Stylidium subg. Forsteropsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Stylidiaceae |
Genus: | Stylidium |
Subgenus: | Stylidium subg. Forsteropsis (Sond.) Mildbr. |
Type species | |
Stylidium preissii (Sond.) F.Muell. | |
Species | |
Stylidium imbricatum | |
Synonyms | |
Stylidium ser. Imbricatae |
See also
References
- Lowrie, A. and Kenneally, K.F. (1997). A taxonomic review of Stylidium subgenus Forsteropsis (Stylidiaceae). Nuytsia, 11(3): 353-364.
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