Pimelea ligustrina

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Pimelea ligustrina
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Subspecies ligustrina in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. ligustrina
Binomial name
Pimelea ligustrina
Synonyms [1]

Banksia ligustrina(Labill.) Kuntze
Calyptrostegia ligustrina(Labill.) C.A.Mey.
Pimelea elegans Lem.

Contents

Subspecies ciliata on Mount Hotham Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ciliata.jpg
Subspecies ciliata on Mount Hotham
Subspecies hypericina Pimelea ligustrina subsp. hypericina flower & foliage.jpg
Subspecies hypericina

Pimelea ligustrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and clusters of creamy-white, white or pinkish flowers usually surrounded by 4 or 8, greenish to reddish brown involucral bracts.

Description

Pimelea ligustrina is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–3 m (7.9 in – 9 ft 10.1 in) and has glabrous stems. Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base or narrowly elliptic, mostly 15–90 mm (0.59–3.54 in) long and 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are bisexual or female, creamy white or white, rarely pink, and arranged in large, erect clusters, surrounded by 4 or 8 lance-shaped to broadly elliptic involucral bracts 5–18 mm (0.20–0.71 in) long and 3–14 mm (0.12–0.55 in) wide. The floral tube is 5.5–13 mm (0.22–0.51 in) long, the sepals 1.5–5 mm (0.059–0.197 in) long and hairy on the outside. Flowering time varies with subspecies. The fruit is green and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Pimelea ligustrina was first formally described in 1805 by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen . [5] [6]

In 1983, S. Threlfall described three subspecies of P. ligustrina in the journal Brunonia and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

This pimelea occurs in the A.C.T. and all states of Australia, except Western Australia. Subspecies ciliata grows in forest, snow gum woodland and heath above 1,400 m (4,600 ft) south from the Brindabella Range in New South Wales, the A.C.T. and eastern Victoria. [8] [9] [10] Subspecies hypericina grows on the margins of wet forest and rainforest, mainly between the Gibraltar Range and Mount Cambewarra in New South Wales. [12] [13] Subspecies ligustrina is widely distributed in forest below 1,400 m (4,600 ft) in south-east Queensland, eastern New South Wales, the A.C.T., southern Victoria, the far south-east of South Australia, and in Tasmania. [15] [16] [17] [18]

Ecology

This pimelea is a food plant for caterpillars of the yellow-spot blue butterfly. [19]

Conservation status

Subspecies ciliata is listed as "endangered" under the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 . [10]

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<i>Pimelea microcephala</i> Species of plant

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<i>Pimelea humilis</i> Species of plant

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<i>Pimelea flava</i> Species of plant

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<i>Pimelea octophylla</i> Species of plant

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<i>Pomaderris paniculosa</i> Species of plant

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<i>Pimelea spinescens</i> Species of shrub

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<i>Pimelea serpyllifolia</i> Species of plant


Pimelea serpyllifolia, commonly known as thyme riceflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic to spatula-shaped leaves, and compact heads of 4 to 12 yellow, yellowish-green or white flowers surrounded by 2 or 4 leaf-like involucral bracts. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.

<i>Pimelea ciliolaris</i> Species of shrub

Pimelea ciliolaris is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a stunted shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of densely hairy, cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers.

<i>Pimelea rosea</i> Species of shrub

Pimelea rosea, commonly known as rose banjine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves, and clusters of pale pink to reddish-purple flowers surrounded by 4 egg-shaped involucral bracts.

<i>Pimelea neoanglica</i> Species of shrub

Pimelea neoanglica, commonly known as poison pimelea or scanty riceflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to inland areas of eastern Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and heads of greenish-yellow flowers.

<i>Pimelea curviflora</i> Species of plant

Pimelea curviflora, also known as curved rice-flower, is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small, hairy shrub with greenish-yellow or red tubular flowers.

<i>Pimelea axiflora</i> Species of shrub

Pimelea axiflora, commonly known as bootlace bush, is a small shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small shrub with whitish flowers on mostly smooth stems.

<i>Pomaderris ligustrina</i> Species of flowering plant

Pomaderris ligustrina, commonly known as privet pomaderris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with hairy stems, lance-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and loose clusters of cream-coloured or yellow flowers.

<i>Pimelea bracteata</i> Species of shrub

Pimelea bracteata, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of New South Wales. It is a shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and pendulous, pale green heads of pale yellow flowers.

<i>Pimelea cracens</i> Species of flowering plant

Pimelea cracens is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and creamy green to pale yellow flowers surrounded by 6 or 8 yellowish or pale green and reddish involucral bracts.

<i>Pimelea simplex</i> Species of plant

Pimelea simplex, commonly known as desert rice-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a herb or semi-woody annual with narrowly elliptic to linear leaves, and compact heads of densely hairy white to yellowish-green flowers.

<i>Pimelea stricta</i> Species of plant

Pimelea stricta, commonly known as gaunt rice-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic or linear leaves, and compact heads of densely hairy, creamy-white to yellow flowers surrounded by 4 egg-shaped involucral bracts.

Pimelea subvillifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is native to the south-west of Western Australia and to South Australia. It is usually an erect shrub and has elliptic leaves and heads of white flowers surrounded by 8 to 18 narrowly egg-shaped involucral bracts.

References

  1. 1 2 "Pimelea ligustrina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea ligustrina". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea ligustrina". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Entwisle, Timothy J. "Pimelea ligustrina". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pimelea ligustrina". APNI. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Labillardière, Jacques (1805). Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen. Vol. 1. Paris. p. 9. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ciliata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ciliata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ciliata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 Entwisle, Timothy J. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ciliata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. hypericina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  12. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. hypericina". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  13. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. hypericina". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ligustrina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ligustrina". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  16. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ligustrina". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  17. 1 2 Entwisle, Timothy J. "Pimelea ligustrina subsp. ligustrina". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  18. ↑ Jordan, Greg. "Pimelea ligustrina". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  19. ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
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