Pimelea microcephala

Short description: Species of plant

Pimelea microcephala

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malvales
Family:  | Thymelaeaceae
Genus:  | Pimelea
Species:  |

P. microcephala

Binomial name
Pimelea microcephala

R. Br.

Synonyms

* Banksia microcephala (R.Br.) Kuntze
* Calyptrostegia microcephala (R.Br.) Endl.
* Aschenfeldtia pimeleoides F.Muell. ex Meisn. nom. inval.

Pimelea microcephala (mallee riceflower[1] or shrubby riceflower[2]) is a dioecious shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Australia . It grows up to 4 metres high and produces greenish-yellow flowerheads. The male flowerheads have 13 to 100 flowers while the female flowerheads have 7 to 12. The leaves are 7 to 40 mm long and 1 to 4 mm wide.[3]

The species is toxic to stock.[3]

## Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.[4]

## Distribution

The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.[3]

## References

1. ↑ "Pimelea microcephala". 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=microcephala.
2. ↑ "Pimelea microcephala". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5256.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "New South Wales Flora Online: Pimelea microcephala". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pimelea~microcephala.
4. ↑ "Pimelea microcephala". 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+MICROCEPHALA. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

See also Wikidata entry Q7194615.

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