''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the

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. There are about 150 species, including 110 in

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and thirty six in

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Description

Plants in the

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''Pimelea'' are

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or small shrubs usually with leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The leaves are usually paler on the lower surface and the petiole is usually very short. The flowers are usually arranged in groups on the ends of the branches and have no

petal Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...

s but four petal-like

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s and two

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s. The

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has a single

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and the

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is usually a

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containing a single seed.

Taxonomy and naming

The genus ''Pimelea'' was first formally described in 1788 by

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from unpublished descriptions by

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and Daniel Solander. The first species Gaertner described was ''Pimelea laevigata'', now known as ''

Pimelea prostrata ''Pimelea prostrata'', commonly known as Strathmore weed, New Zealand Daphne, and Pinatoro (Māori) is a species of small shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has small white flowers and blue green leaves. Desc ...

''. The name ''Pimelea'' is from the

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word ''pimele'' meaning "fat or "lard", possibly referring to the oily seeds or fleshy

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s of riceflowers.

Ecology

Some species, including '' P. curviflora'', '' P. flava'', '' P. glauca'', '' P. linifolia'', '' P. microcephala'', '' P. neo-anglica'', '' P. pauciflora'', '' P. simplex'' and '' P. trichostachya'' are known to be

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to stock and there is no known cure.

Species

About 150 species of ''Pimelea'' have been formally described, including about 110 in Australia and 36 in New Zealand. The following is a combined list of names accepted by the ''

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'' or the '' New Zealand Plant Conservation Network'' as of December 2021: *'' Pimelea acra'' C.J.Burrows & de Lange (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea actea'' C.J.Burrows (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea aeruginosa''

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(W.A.) *'' Pimelea alpina'' F.Muell. ex Meisn. - alpine riceflower (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Pimelea altior ''Pimelea altior'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic leaves and heads of white, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Pimelea altior'' is a shrub that typic ...

'' F.Muell. (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea amabilis'' (

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(Qld.) *'' Pimelea ammocharis'' F.Muell. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea angustifolia'' R.Br. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea approximans'' A.R.Bean (Qld.) *'' Pimelea aquilonia''

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(Qld.) *'' Pimelea argentea'' R.Br. – silvery leaved pimelea (W.A.) *'' Pimelea aridula''

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(N.Z.) *'' Pimelea avonensis'' Rye – (W.A.) *'' Pimelea axiflora'' F.Muell. ex Meisn. – bootlace bush (N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) **''Pimelea axiflora'' subsp. ''alpina'' **''Pimelea axiflora'' subsp. ''axiflora'' **''Pimelea axiflora'' subsp. ''pubescens'' *'' Pimelea barbata'' C.J.Burrows (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea biflora'' N.A.Wakef. – matted rice flower (N.S.W.,Vic.) *''

Pimelea brachyphylla ''Pimelea brachyphylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear to elliptic leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowe ...

'' Benth. (W.A.) *''

Pimelea bracteata ''Pimelea bracteata'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of New South Wales. It is a shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and pendulous, pale green heads of pale yellow flo ...

'' Threlfall (N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea brevifolia'' R.Br. (W.A.) **''Pimelea brevifolia'' subsp. ''brevifolia'' **''Pimelea brevifolia'' subsp. ''modesta'' *'' Pimelea brevistyla'' Rye (W.A.) **''Pimelea brevistyla'' subsp. ''brevistyla'' **''Pimelea brevistyla'' subsp. ''minor'' *'' Pimelea buxifolia''

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(N.Z.) *'' Pimelea calcicola'' Rye (W.A.) *'' Pimelea carnosa'' C.J.Burrows (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea chlorina'' A.R.Bean (Qld.) *'' Pimelea ciliata'' Rye (W.A.) **''Pimelea ciliata'' subsp. ''ciliata'' **''Pimelea ciliata'' subsp. ''longituba'' *'' Pimelea ciliolaris'' (Threlfall) Rye (N.S.W.) *''

Pimelea cinerea ''Pimelea cinerea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender shrub with more or less elliptic leaves, and heads of white flowers surrounded by leaves. Description ''Pimelea cinerea' ...

'' R.Br. (Tas.) *''

Pimelea clavata ''Pimelea clavata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas and offshore islands of southern Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic to more or less linear leaves a ...

'' Labill. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea concinna''

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(N.Z.) *'' Pimelea concreta'' F.Muell. (W.A., N.T.) *'' Pimelea confertiflora'' A.R.Bean (Qld.) *'' Pimelea congesta''

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& F.Muell. (

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) *'' Pimelea cornucopiae'' Vahl (Qld.) *'' Pimelea cracens'' Rye (W.A.) **''Pimelea cracens'' subsp. ''cracens'' **''Pimelea cracens'' subsp. ''glabra'' *'' Pimelea cremnophila'' L.M.Copel. & I.Telford (N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea cryptica'' C.J.Burrows & Enright (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea curviflora ''Pimelea curviflora'', also known as curved rice-flower, is a shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a small, hairy shrub with greenish-yellow or red tubular flowers. Description ''Pimelea curviflora'' is a s ...

'' R.Br. – tough-barked riceflower, curved riceflower (N.S.W., Vic., S.A.) **''Pimelea curviflora'' var. ''acuta'' Threlfall **''Pimelea curviflora'' R.Br. var. ''curviflora'' **''Pimelea curviflora'' var. ''divergens'' Threlfall **''Pimelea curviflora'' var. ''gracilis'' (R.Br.) Threlfall **''Pimelea curviflora'' var. ''sericea'' Benth. **''Pimelea curviflora'' var. ''subglabrata'' Threlfall *'' Pimelea declivis'' C.J.Burrows (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea decora'' Domin – Flinders poppy (Qld.) *'' Pimelea drummondii'' (Turcz.) Rye (W.A.) *'' Pimelea drupacea'' Labill. - cherry riceflower (Vic., Tas.) *'' Pimelea dura'' C.J.Burrows (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea elongata'' Threlfall (N.S.W., Qld., S.A.) *'' Pimelea erecta'' Rye (W.A.) *'' Pimelea eyrei'' F.Muell. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea eremitica'' C.J.Burrows – roimata o tohe (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea ferruginea ''Pimelea ferruginea'', commonly known as pink rice flower or coastal banjine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of south-western Western Australia. It is a dense, erect shrub with ...

'' Labill. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea filifolia'' (Rye) C.S.P.Foster & Henwood (N.T.) *''

Pimelea filiformis ''Pimelea filiformis'', commonly known as trailing rice flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a prostrate or semi-prostrate undershrub with narrowly elliptic or elliptic leaves and c ...

'' Hook.f. (Tas.) *'' Pimelea flava'' R.Br. - yellow riceflower, diosma riceflower (N.S.W., Vic. S.A.) **''Pimelea flava'' subsp. ''dichotoma'' **''Pimelea flava'' subsp. ''flava'' *'' Pimelea floribunda'' Meisn. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea forrestiana'' F.Muell. (W.A.) *'' Pimelea fugiens'' A.R.Bean (Qld.) *'' Pimelea gigandra'' A.R.Bean (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea gilgiana'' E.Pritz. (W.A.) *''

Pimelea glauca ''Pimelea glauca'', commonly known as smooth riceflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has elliptic to more or less lance-shaped or linear leaves and creamy-white flowers arr ...

'' R.Br. - smooth riceflower (N.S.W., Qld., Tas., S.A.) *'' Pimelea gnidia'' (

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(N.Z.) *''

Pimelea graniticola ''Pimelea graniticola'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and large clusters of erect, cream-coloured or white flowers surrounded by ...

'' Rye (W.A.) *'' Pimelea haematostachya'' F.Muell. (Qld.) *'' Pimelea halophila'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea hewardiana'' - forked riceflower (Vic., S.A.) *'' Pimelea hirta'' (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea hirsuta ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

'' (N.S.W.) **''Pimelea hirsuta'' subsp. ''elliptifolia'' **''Pimelea hirsuta'' subsp. ''hirsuta'' *'' Pimelea hispida'' - bristly pimelea (W.A.) *'' Pimelea holroydii'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea humilis'' - common riceflower (N.S.W., Vic., Tas., S.A.) *'' Pimelea ignota'' – pinatoro (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea imbricata'' (W.A.) **''Pimelea imbricata'' var. ''imbricata'' **''Pimelea imbricata'' var. ''major'' **''Pimelea imbricata'' var. ''petraea'' **''Pimelea imbricata'' var. ''piligera'' **''Pimelea imbricata'' var. ''simulans'' *'' Pimelea interioris'' (N.T.) *'' Pimelea lanata'' (W.A.) *''

Pimelea latifolia ''Pimelea latifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with hairy young stems, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and greenish-yellow to white, t ...

'' (N.S.W., Qld.) *'' Pimelea lehmanniana'' (W.A.) **''Pimelea lehmanniana'' subsp. ''lehmanniana'' **''Pimelea lehmanniana'' subsp. ''nervosa'' *'' Pimelea leiophylla'' (Tas.) *'' Pimelea leptospermoides'' (Qld.) **''Pimelea leptospermoides'' subsp. ''bowmanii'' **''Pimelea leptospermoides'' subsp. ''leptospermoides'' *'' Pimelea leptostachya'' (Qld.) *'' Pimelea leucantha'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea ligustrina'' - tall riceflower (N.S.W., Qld., Vic., Tas., S.A.) **''Pimelea ligustrina'' subsp. ''ciliata'' **''Pimelea ligustrina'' subsp. ''hypericina'' **''Pimelea ligustrina'' subsp. ''ligustrina'' *''

Pimelea linifolia ''Pimelea linifolia'', commonly known as slender rice flower is a common, variable shrub widespread throughout eastern Australia. It has narrow leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and usually white flowers arranged in heads of seven or more on the ...

'' - slender riceflower (N.S.W., Qld., S.A., Vic., Tas.) **''Pimelea linifolia'' subsp. ''caesia'' **''Pimelea linifolia'' subsp. ''collina'' **''Pimelea linifolia'' subsp. ''linifolia'' **''Pimelea linifolia'' subsp. ''linoides' *''

Pimelea longiflora ''Pimelea longiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and erect clusters of white to cream- ...

'' (W.A.) **''Pimelea longiflora'' subsp. ''longiflora'' *'' Pimelea longifolia'' - long-leaved pimelea, taranga (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea lyallii'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea macrostegia'' (S.A.) *'' Pimelea mesoa'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea micrantha'' (N.S.W., Vic., W.A., S.A.) *''

Pimelea microcephala ''Pimelea microcephala'', commonly known as mallee rice-flower or shrubby rice-flower is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to mainland Australia. It is an erect shrub with compact heads of male or female, w ...

'' - mallee riceflower or shrubby riceflower (N.S.W., Qld., Vic., N.T., S.A., W.A.) **''Pimelea microcephala'' subsp. ''glabra'' **''Pimelea microcephala'' subsp. ''microcephala'' *'' Pimelea microphylla'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea milliganii'' (Tas.) *'' Pimelea mimosa'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea mollis'' (Qld.) *'' Pimelea neo-anglica'' - poison pimelea, scanty riceflower (N.S.W., Qld.) *''

Pimelea neokyrea ''Pimelea neokyrea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly ellipic leaves and erect clusters of white or ...

'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea nitens'' (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea nivea ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

'' (Tas.) *'' Pimelea notia'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea octophylla'' - woolly riceflower, downy riceflower (Vic., S.A.) *'' Pimelea oreophila'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea orthia'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea pagophila'' (Vic.) *'' Pimelea pauciflora'' – scanty riceflower, scrub kurrajong (N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *'' Pimelea pelinos'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea pendens'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea penicillaris'' (N.S.W., Qld., S.A., N.T.) *'' Pimelea petrophila'' (S.A.) *'' Pimelea phylicoides'' (Vic., S.A.) *''

Pimelea physodes ''Pimelea physodes'', commonly known as Qualup bell, is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has egg-shaped to narrow elliptical leaves and distinctive bell-like inflorescences with tiny greenish flowers surrounded by long ...

'' - Qualup bell (W.A.) *''

Pimelea plurinervia ''Pimelea plurinervia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with densely hairy young stems, elliptic leaves and heads of 24 to 45 white, tube-shaped flowers. Desc ...

'' (Qld.) *'' Pimelea poppelwellii'' – Poppelwells pimelea (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea preissii'' (W.A.) *''

'' – pinatoro, New Zealand daphne, Strathmore weed (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea pseudolyallii'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea punicea'' (W.A.) *''

Pimelea pygmaea ''Pimelea pygmaea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is prostrate, cushion-like undershrub with narrowly oblong to elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white flowers arranged ...

'' (Tas.) *'' Pimelea rara'' – summer pimelea (W.A.) *'' Pimelea rosea'' – rose banjine (W.A.) **''Pimelea rosea'' subsp. ''annelsii'' **''Pimelea rosea'' subsp. ''rosea'' *'' Pimelea rupestris'' (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea sanguinea'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea sericea'' (Tas.) *'' Pimelea sericostachya'' (Qld.) **''Pimelea sericostachya'' subsp. ''amabilis'' **''Pimelea sericostachya'' subsp. ''sericostachya'' *''

Pimelea sericeovillosa ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

'' – cushion pimelea (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea serpyllifolia ''Pimelea serpyllifolia'', commonly known as thyme riceflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly elliptic to spatula-shaped leaves, and compact ...

'' - thyme riceflower (N.S.W., Vic., Tas., W.A., S.A.) **''Pimelea serpyllifolia'' subsp. ''occidentalis'' **''Pimelea serpyllifolia'' subsp. ''serpyllifolia'' *'' Pimelea sessilis'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea simplex'' – desert riceflower (N.S.W., Qld., Vic., S.A.) **''Pimelea simplex'' subsp. ''continua'' **''Pimelea simplex'' subsp. ''simplex'' *'' Pimelea spectabilis'' – bunjong (W.A.) *''

Pimelea spicata ''Pimelea spicata'', commonly known as the spiked rice flower, is a flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a slender plant with white flowers and elliptic leaves. Description ''Pimelea spicata'' is ...

'' (N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea spiculigera'' (W.A.) **''Pimelea spiculigera'' var. ''spiculigera'' **''Pimelea spiculigera'' var. ''thesioides'' *''

Pimelea spinescens ''Pimelea spinescens'', commonly known as plains rice-flower, spiny rice-flower or prickly pimelea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is a spreading undershrub with elliptic leaves arranged ...

'' - spiny riceflower (Vic.) **''Pimelea spinescens'' subsp. ''pubiflora'' **''Pimelea spinescens'' subsp. ''spinescens'' *'' Pimelea sporadica'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea stricta'' (N.S.W., Vic., Tas., S.A.) *'' Pimelea strigosa'' (N.S.W., Qld.) *''

Pimelea suaveolens ''Pimelea suaveolens'', commonly known as scented banjine, is a slender shrub with large, rather hairy yellow inflorescences. It occurs in forest areas of the south-west of Western Australia from New Norcia to Albany. Description ''Pimelea su ...

'' – scented banjine (W.A.) **''Pimelea suaveolens'' subsp. ''flava'' **''Pimelea suaveolens'' subsp. ''suaveolens'' *''

Pimelea subvillifera ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the Family (biology), family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ...

'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea sulphurea'' – yellow banjine (W.A.) *''

Pimelea suteri ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea sylvestris'' (W.A.) *''

Pimelea telura ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the Family (biology), family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ...

'' – three kings pimelea (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea tinctoria ''Pimelea tinctoria'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and compact heads of many yel ...

'' (W.A.) *'' Pimelea tomentosa'' (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea traversii ''Pimelea traversii'' is a species of shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to New Zealand. The specific epithet ''traversii'' is in honor of naturalist Henry H. Travers Henry Hammersley Travers (1844 – 16 February 1928) was a New ...

'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea treyvaudii'' – grey riceflower (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Pimelea trichostachya'' (N.S.W., Qld., Vic., W.A., S.A., N.T.) *'' Pimelea umbricata'' (Qld.) *'' Pimelea urvilleana subsp. nesica'' (N.Z.) *'' Pimelea urvilleana subsp. urvilleana'' - pinatoro (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea venosa ''Pimelea venosa'', commonly known as Bolivia Hill rice-flower, is a flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with densely long-hairy stems and leaves, elliptic to la ...

'' – Bolivia Hill pimelea (N.S.W.) *'' Pimelea villifera'' (W.A.) *''

Pimelea villosa ''Pimelea villosa'', also known as ''Pimelea arenaria'', or sand daphne is a species of shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, known in Māori as autetaranga or autetauranga. It is endemic to New Zealand. Its conservation status puts it at risk and ...

'' – sand daphne, autetaranga, toroheke, sand pimelea (N.Z.) *''

Pimelea williamsonii ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

'' – Williamson's riceflower (Vic., S.A.) *''

Pimelea xenica ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

'' – pinatoro (N.Z.)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2708065 Malvales genera Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner