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Pimelea altior

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Family Thymelaeaceae

Taxonomy: Pimelea altior F.Muell.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Banksia altior (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimelea altior F.Muell. var. altior (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimelea altior var. parvifolia Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pimelea altior var. typica Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimelea latifolia subsp. B (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pimelea latifolia subsp. altior (F.Muell.) Threlfall (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimelea latifolia var. altior (F.Muell.) Threlfall (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pimelea latifolia var. parvifolia (Domin) Threlfall (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), ANBG_2019 (1), ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 36 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 24.5 mm (2-44 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.62 mm (1.5-19 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); orbicular (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.55 mg (6.55-6.55 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.15 m (0.3-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023811Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023811N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.