Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pimelea gigandra
Thymelaeaceae Juss.
Pimelea gigandra 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): 19-21, Figs 6, 7F, 7G, Map 4 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland. MORETON DISTRICT: 0.3 km along Duck Creek road, Lamington National Park, 29 February 2016, A.R. Bean 32730 & J. Wang (holo: BRI; iso: BM, MEL, NSW, distribuendi)."
taxonomic synonym: Pimelea altior var. longifolia Domin legitimate
  • Etymology: "From the Greek gigas meaning ‘large or giant’, and andros meaning ‘man or male’ (in botany, stamen or anther). The epithet refers to the size of the anthers in this species, which are much larger than those of P. latifolia and P. altior, with which it has been confused."
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]
taxonomic synonym: Pimelea altior var. longifolia Domin legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pimelea altior var. longifolia Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pimelea latifolia subsp. A [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW