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Pimelea

Pimelea brachyphylla

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Pimelea Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn.

Species

About 80 species; see text

Pimelea (often seen spelled Pimelia) is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Malvales is the name of an order of Flowering plants As circumscribed by APG II -system it includes about 6000 Species within nine Thymelaeaceae is a family of Flowering plants with about 700-750 species in 50 genera Sir Joseph Banks 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (13 February 1743 &ndash 19 June 1820 was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander ( 19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish Botanist Joseph Gaertner ( March 12, 1732, near Calw - July 14, 1791, Tübingen; in German Joseph Gärtner) was a In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Thymelaeaceae is a family of Flowering plants with about 700-750 species in 50 genera There are about 80 species in the genus, native to Australia and New Zealand. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Many of the species are poisonous to cattle.

Selected species

Pimelea arenaria
Pimelea brachyphylla
Pimelea ciliolaris
Pimelea drupacea
Pimelea ferruginea
Pimelea glauca
Pimelea gnidia
Pimelea hispida
Pimelea imbricata
Pimelea linifolia
Pimelea longiflora
Pimelea lyallii
Pimelea microcephala - Mallee Riceflower or Shubby Riceflower
Pimelea nivea
Pimelea pauciflora
Pimelea physodes - Qualup Bell
Pimelea prostrata
Pimelea rosea
Pimelea sericea
Pimelea spectabilis
Pimelea spicata
Pimelea suaveolens
Pimelea sylvestris
Pimelea traversii
Pimelea virgata

Links

Poison plant is last straw

Pimelea linifolia is an Australian shrub variously known as Queen-of-the-bush and the Slender or Flax-leafed Riceflower. Pimelea microcephala ( Mallee Riceflower or Shrubby Riceflower) is a Dioecious shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Pimelea physodes, commonly known as Qualup Bell, is native to Western Australia. Pink pimelea ( Pimelea spicata) is an endangered plant native to New South Wales, Australia.

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