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
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Stylidium leeuwinense
Stylidium marradongense
Stylidium preissii
Stylidium semaphorum

Synonyms

Stylidium ser. Imbricatae

Benth.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lowrie, A. and Kenneally, K.F. (1997). A taxonomic review of Stylidium subgenus Forsteropsis (Stylidiaceae). Nuytsia, 11(3): 353-364.