- Pimelea humilis
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Common Riceflower 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Pimelea Species: P. humilis Binomial name Pimelea humilis
R. Br.Synonyms - Banksia humilis (R.Br.) Kuntze
- Pimelea esulifolia Gand.
- Pimelea myrtifolia Schltdl.
- Pimelea humilis var. myrtifolia (Schltdl.) Meisn.
- Pimelea tasmanica Gand.
Pimelea humilis (Common Riceflower)[1] is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia. It grows up to 0.5 metres in height. Flowerheads have 12 to 52 whitish flowers that are either female or bisexual. The leaves are 5 to 15 mm long and 2 to 8 mm wide.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.[3]
Distribution
The species occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.[2]
References
- ^ "Pimelea humilis". 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=humilis.
- ^ a b New South Wales Flora Online: Pimelea humilis Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia
- ^ "Pimelea humilis". 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+HUMILIS. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
Categories:- Pimelea
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of Tasmania
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Malvales of Australia
- Plants described in 1810
- Malvales stubs
- Australian rosid stubs
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