Pimelea penicillaris

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Family Thymelaeaceae

Taxonomy: Pimelea penicillaris F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pimelea dioica C.T.White (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pimelea ammocharis F.Muell. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), Chen_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Draper_2023 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (5), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 85 records in 15 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): dioecious (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 11.92 mm (4-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (2.5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); obovate (1); ovate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (2); nnnyynnnyyyn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (0.5-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	11	13	N. 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/.
ABRS_2023	8	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	8	10	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	N. 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/.
SAH_2022	5	5	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	4	4	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.