Verticordia sect. Pennuligera is a section

Section (botany)

In botany, a section is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may have hundreds of species...

 of Verticordia

Verticordia

Verticordia, a genus of the Myrtaceae family, are woody shrubs with small and exquisite flowers. They are mostly found in Southwest Australia, with several outlier species in northern regions. A revision of the genus in 1991 produced a classification within Verticordia of 3 subgenera, 24 sections,...

that describes a group of sixteen shrub species. This description was first made in 1857 by Carl Meissner

Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Swiss botanist.Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel...

 in Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, but he did not nominate a type for this grouping. The section was later included within the subgenera, as Verticordia subg. Eperephes

Verticordia subg. Eperephes

Verticordia subg. Eperephes is a botanical name for a grouping of similar plant species in the genus Verticordia. This subgenus contains six sections, classifying forty four species, of Alex George's infrageneric arrangement...

, of Alex George

Alex George

Alexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...

's 1991 arrangement of the genus. The lectotype

Lectotype

In botanical nomenclature and zoological nomenclature, a lectotype is a kind of name-bearing type. When a species was originally described on the basis of a name-bearing type consisting of multiple specimens, one of those may be designated as the lectotype...

 for this section, James Drummond

James Drummond (botanist)

James Drummond was a botanist and naturalist who was an early settler in Western Australia.-Early life:...

's Verticordia grandis

Verticordia grandis

Verticordia grandis is a large woody shrub that occurs in Southwest Australia. The name grandis, Latin for large, is a reference to its large flowers, leaves, and height. It is well known for its large flowers, which are collected and cultivated, and given the informal name of Scarlet Featherflower...

, was nominated by George as the appropriate species of the then known taxa.

The species described as within this section are:

Section Pennuligera

V. comosa - V. lepidophylla - V. chrysostachys - V. aereiflora

Verticordia aereiflora

Verticordia aereiflora is a woody shrub found in Western Australia....

 - V. dichroma - V. x eurardyensis - V. muelleriana - V. argentea

Verticordia argentea

Verticordia argentea is a woody shrub found in Southwest Australia.It is found on ridges and sandhills of the Geraldton Sandplains, occurring on white, grey, or yellow sands. The habit is erect and open, with a height between 0.9 an 2.0 metres. The leaves are rounded, rolled at the margin, and...

 - V. albida

Verticordia albida

Verticordia albida is a rare woody shrub found in Western Australia....

 - V. fragrans - V. venusta

Verticordia venusta

Verticordia venusta is a shrub that occurs in Southwest Australia. The epithet is derived from venustus, Latin for charming, and refers to the flower of the plant.- Description :...

 - V. forrestii

Verticordia forrestii

Verticordia forrestii is a woody shrub that occurs in the north of Western Australia. It was named after an explorer and statesman, John Forrest, and first described by the botanist, Ferdinand von Mueller, in 1883...

 - V. serotina - V. oculata

Verticordia oculata

Verticordia oculata is a sprawling woody shrub found in Western Australia. The plant displays silver-white flowers with a dark centre of lilac and purple, the largest flowers of the genus Verticordia....

 - V. etheliana - V. grandis

Verticordia grandis

Verticordia grandis is a large woody shrub that occurs in Southwest Australia. The name grandis, Latin for large, is a reference to its large flowers, leaves, and height. It is well known for its large flowers, which are collected and cultivated, and given the informal name of Scarlet Featherflower...