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.
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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. latifolia
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| Pimelea latifolia | |
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Description
editPimelea 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
editPimelea 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
editThis pimelea occurs from north of Cairns in far north Queensland to near Bowral in New South Wales.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea latifolia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea latifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. Vol. 1. p. 362. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Sharr, Aubie (2019). Western Australian Plant Names And Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Four Gables Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-9580341-8-0.
- ^ "Pimelea altior". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Pimelea latifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2023.