Pimelea latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. latifolia
Binomial name
Pimelea latifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Banksia latifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze nom. illeg.
  • Calyptrostegia latifolia (R.Br.) Endl.
  • Pimelea latifolia R.Br. subsp. latifolia
  • Pimelea latifolia R.Br var. latifolia

Pimelea latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with hairy young stems, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and greenish-yellow to white, tube-shaped flowers.

Description

Pimelea latifolia is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–3 m (7.9 in – 9 ft 10.1 in) and has hairy young stems. Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 31–67 mm (1.2–2.6 in) long and 13–24 mm (0.51–0.94 in) wide on a petiole, 2–19 mm (0.079–0.748 in) long. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in clusters of up to 18 on a peduncle usually up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, sometimes much longer. The flowers are greenish-yellow to white, and are either bisexual or female, with leaf-like bracts at the base. The floral tube is 3.5–10 mm (0.14–0.39 in) long and the sepals 1.0–3.5 mm (0.039–0.138 in) long. Flowering mostly occurs from August to October.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Pimelea latifolia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[5][6] The specific epithet (latifolia) means "broad-leaved".[7]

The Australian Plant Census accepts Pimelea latifolia subsp. altior as a synonym of P. altior,[8] subsp. hirsuta as a synonym of P. hirsuta [9] and subsp. elliptifolia as a synonym of Pimelea hirsuta subsp. elliptifolia.[10]


Distribution and habitat

This pimelea occurs from north of Cairns in far north Queensland to near Bowral in New South Wales.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Bean, Anthony R. (2017). "A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland". Austrobaileya. 10 (1): 21–23. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea latifolia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea latifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. Vol. 1. p. 362. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Sharr, Aubie (2019). Western Australian Plant Names And Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Four Gables Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-9580341-8-0.
  8. ↑ "Pimelea altior". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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