 Venus's sacred flower was the myrtle, of a plant in same family (Myrtaceae) as "Verticordia".The name "Verticordia", literally translated, means 'turner of hearts'.Other early additions to the genus were "V. cunninghamii" named in 1843 by Johannes Schauer for a collection made by Allan Cunningham, and "V. huegelii" and "V. insignis" collected by Charles von Hügel and described by Stephan Endlicher in 1837.