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 
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| 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.
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| Species | |
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Stylidium imbricatum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stylidium ser. Imbricatae | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lowrie, A. and Kenneally, K.F. (1997). A taxonomic review of Stylidium subgenus Forsteropsis (Stylidiaceae). Nuytsia, 11(3): 353-364.
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