- Pimelea microcephala
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Pimelea microcephala Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: P. microcephala Binomial name Pimelea microcephala
R. Br.Synonyms - Banksia microcephala (R.Br.) Kuntze
- Calyptrostegia microcephala (R.Br.) Endl.
- Aschenfeldtia pimeleoides F.Muell. ex Meisn. nom. inval.
Pimelea microcephala (Mallee Riceflower[1] or Shrubby Riceflower[2]) is a dioecious shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia. It grows up to 4 metres high and produces greenish-yellow flowerheads. The male flowerheads have 13 to 100 flowers while the female flowerheads have 7 to 12. The leaves are 7 to 40 mm long and 1 to 4 mm wide.[3]
The species is toxic to stock.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.[4]
Distribution
The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.[3]
References
- ^ "Pimelea microcephala". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Thymelaeaceae&genus=Pimelea&species=microcephala.
- ^ "Pimelea microcephala". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5256.
- ^ a b c New South Wales Flora Online: Pimelea microcephala Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
- ^ "Pimelea microcephala". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=PIMELEA+MICROCEPHALA. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
Categories:- Pimelea
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Rosids of Western Australia
- Malvales of Australia
- Dioecious plants
- Plants described in 1810
- Malvales stubs
- Australian rosid stubs
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