Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pimelea approximans
Thymelaeaceae Juss.
Pimelea approximans A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (18 December 2017), A taxonomic revision of Pimelea section Epallage (Endl.) Benth. (Thymelaeaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 10(1): 8, Fig. 2, Map 2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland. COOK DISTRICT: Ninian Bay, 14 May 1979, J.A. Elsol 771 & T.D. Stanley (holo: BRI; iso: CANB)."
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin approximans, meaning ‘approaching, approximating’. This is in reference to the morphological affinity between this species and P. amabilis."
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 12 [secondary reference]