Pimelea latifolia explained

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 and has hairy young stems. Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole, long. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branches in clusters of up to 18 on a peduncle usually up to 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 long and the sepals long. Flowering mostly occurs from August to October.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Taxonomy and naming

Pimelea latifolia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.^{[4] [5]} The specific epithet (latifolia) means "broad-leaved".^[6]

The Australian Plant Census accepts Pimelea latifolia subsp. altior as a synonym of P. altior,^[7] subsp. hirsuta as a synonym of P. hirsuta ^[8] and subsp. elliptifolia as a synonym of Pimelea hirsuta subsp. elliptifolia.^[9]

Distribution and habitat

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

Notes and References

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