Pimelea octophylla
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| Pimelea octophylla | |
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| Pimelea octophylla in the Brisbane Ranges National Park, Victoria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. octophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea octophylla R. Br. | |
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Pimelea octophylla (Woolly Riceflower or Downy Riceflower)[1] is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia. It grows up to 1 metre high and produces cream to pale yellow terminal flowerheads with long white hairs. The flowerheads have 25 to 150 flowers . The leaves are 2 to 15 mm long and 0.5 to 5 mm wide.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810, from plant material that he collected from Arthurs Seat, Victoria in January 1804.[2]
A number of former subspecies have been reclassified as follows:
- Pimelea octophylla subsp. ciliolaris Threlfall, is currently Pimelea ciliolaris (Threlfall) Rye
- Pimelea octophylla subsp. petraea Meisn., is currently Pimelea imbricata subsp. petrea (Meisn.) Rye
- Pimelea octophylla subsp. subvillefera Threlfall, is currently Pimelea subvellifera (Threlfall) Rye
Distribution
The species occurs in Victoria and South Australia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Pimelea octophylla". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia.
- ↑ "Pimelea octophylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
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