Pimelea 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.

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

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. "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. 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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