Pimelea umbratica

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Family Thymelaeaceae

Taxonomy: Pimelea umbratica A.Cunn. ex Meisn.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (11), Chen_2017 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 44 records in 10 datasets.

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

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 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): 14.75 mm (5-26 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.62 mm (1.5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (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): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; 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]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyynnnnn (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.02 m (0.6-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
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.
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	3	3	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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.