Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pimelea spinescens
Thymelaeaceae Juss.
Pimelea spinescens Rye , legitimate, scientific
Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Appendix: Pimelea. Flora of Australia 18: 324 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "E of Myers Ck, Vic., 2 Sept. 1980, N.H.Scarlett NS80-145A; holo: MEL."
  • APC Dist.: Vic
  • Etymology: "Named from the Latin spina (thorn), and the participle -escens (becoming) referring to the spinescent branchlets which distinguish this species from all other Pimelea species.
Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 153 [secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 917-918 [secondary reference]
common name: Spiny Rice-flower [n/a]