Pimelea altior is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic leaves and heads of white, tube-shaped flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. altior
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea altior | |
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Description
editPimelea altior is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.9–1.4 m (2 ft 11 in – 4 ft 7 in) and has densely hairy young stems. The leaves are elliptic to broadly elliptic, 14–38 mm (0.55–1.50 in) long and 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) wide, both surface densely covered with white hairs. The flowers are borne in heads of 4 to 7 on a peduncle up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long with four leafy bracts at the base. The flowers are white, the floral tube 5.2–8.2 mm (0.20–0.32 in) long and the sepals 0.9–1.6 mm (0.035–0.063 in) long. Flowering occurs sporadically throughout the year.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
editPimelea altior was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near Moreton Bay.[5][6] The specific epithet (altior) means "higher".[7]
Distribution and habitat
editThis pimealea grows in tall forests and on the edges of rainforest from near Eumundi in south-east Queensland to near Taree in northern New South Wales.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pimelea altior". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Pimelea latifolia subsp. altior". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Pimelea altior". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b Bean, Anthony R. (2017). "A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland". Austrobaileya. 10 (1): 4–5. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Pimelea altior". APNI. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 84. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 30.