Pimelea angustifolia

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Narrow-leaved pimelea
Pimelea angustifolia in Kalbarri National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Pimelea
Species:
P. angustifolia
Binomial name
Pimelea angustifolia
Synonyms[1]
Synonyms
  • Banksia angustifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Banksia nervosa (Meisn.) Kuntze
  • Calyptrostegia angustifolia (R.Br.) C.A.Mey.
  • Calyptrostegia nervosa (Meisn.) Walp.
  • Pimelea angustifolia R.Br. var. angustifolia
  • Pimelea angustifolia var. calvescens Meisn.
  • Pimelea angustifolia var. drummondi Meisn.
  • Pimelea angustifolia var. major Meisn.
  • Pimelea angustifolia var. minor Meisn.
  • Pimelea nervosa Meisn.
  • Pimelea tenuis M.B.Scott
  • Pimelea tenuis var. longistyla M.B.Scott
  • Pimelea tenuis M.B.Scott var. tenuis

Pimelea angustifolia, commonly known as narrow-leaved pimelea,[2] is a small upright, slender or open shrub with whitish, cream, yellow or pink flowers. It is endemic to Western Australia.

Pimelea angustifolia is a small shrub 0.1–1 m (4 in – 3 ft 3 in) high with smooth stems. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on a short petiole, mostly linear or narrowly elliptic, smooth, mid-green throughout, 2–30 mm (0.08–1.18 in) long and 1–5 mm (0.04–0.20 in) wide.[3]

Taxonomy and naming

Pimelea angustifolia was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his book Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4][5] The specific epithet (angustifolia) is from the Latin angustus meaning "narrow" and -folius meaning "-leaved".[6]

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