Pimelea ligustrina

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Description

Family Thymelaeaceae

Shrubs or small trees , rarely herbs, evergreen or deciduous. Bark tough and fibrous . Leaves opposite or alternate, rarely some ternate , estipulate; blade simple , entire, pinnately veined, articulate at base . Plants mostly bisexual , sometimes dioecious. Inflorescences terminal or subterminal , less often axillary , sometimes on brachyblasts , sessile or pedunculate , basically racemose, sometimes capitate, spicate , umbelliform, or fascicled. Flowers usually actinomorphic , bisexual or unisexual (plants then mostly dioecious), bracteate (sometimes bracts forming an involucre) or ebracteate , sessile or pedicellate . Calyx tubular , campanulate , or infundibuliform , usually corollalike, 4- or 5(or 6) -merous, mostly caducous , sometimes circumscissile, or persistent ; lobes imbricate. Petals absent or represented by 4-12 scales , inserted at or near throat of calyx tube (Aquilaria) . Stamens 2 to many, usually as many as calyx lobes and opposite them or twice as many. Hypognous disk usually present at base of ovary, scalelike, annular or cup-shaped, sometimes absent. Ovary superior, 1- or 2-loculed, sessile or shortly stipitate ; ovules solitary in each locule, pendulous, anatropous ; style filiform , caducous, sometimes very short or obscure , terminal or eccentric ; stigma capitate, globose , subglobose, subclavate, or pyramidal , sometimes papilose. Fruit mostly indehiscent, dry or fleshy , sometimes a loculicidal capsule (Aquilaria) . Seeds with or without endosperm, embryo straight.

About 48 genera and ca. 650 species: widely distributed in both hemispheres; nine genera and 115 species (89 endemic) in China.

The phloem contains very strong fibers, which make the bark of many species very suitable for the manufacture of high-quality paper such as that used for bank notes . The stems are extremely supple and difficult to break and are used as a substitute for string. Most species are poisonous and some are important medicinally.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[2]

Biology

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Labill. Publication : -An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pimelea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 330 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. aeruginosa · P. affinis · P. alpina · P. altior · P. amabilis · P. ammocharis · P. angulata · P. angustifolia · P. angustifolia var. angustifolia · P. angustifolia var. calvescens · P. angustifolia var. drummondi · P. aquilonia · P. arenaria · P. argentea · P. aridula (Pimelea) · P. avonensis · P. axiflora · P. axiflora alpina · P. axiflora subsp. alpina · P. axiflora subsp. axiflora · P. axiflora subsp. pubescens · P. axillaris · P. baxteri · P. behrii · P. bicolor · P. biflora · P. 'Bonne Petite' · P. brachyphylla · P. bracteata · P. brevifolia · P. brevifolia subsp. modesta · P. brevistyla · P. brevistyla brevistyla · P. brevistyla subsp. minor · P. brevituba · P. buxifolia · P. calcicola · P. campicola · P. cernua · P. ciliata · P. ciliata ciliata · P. ciliata longituba · P. ciliata 'Snow Cloud' · P. ciliata subsp. longituba · P. ciliolaris · P. cinerea · P. clavata · P. cluytioides · P. coarctata · P. collina · P. colorans · P. colorans var. apiculata · P. concinna · P. concreta · P. congesta · P. continua · P. cornucopiae · P. cracens · P. cracens cracens · P. cracens glabra · P. crassifolia · P. cremnophila · P. crinita · P. crosby-smithiana · P. cunninghamii · P. curviflora · P. curviflora curviflora · P. curviflora gracilis · P. curviflora var. acuta · P. curviflora var. curviflora · P. curviflora var. divergens · P. curviflora var. gracilis · P. curviflora var. micrantha · P. curviflora var. sericea · P. curviflora var. subglabrata · P. dasyantha · P. decora · P. decussata · P. decussata var. decussata · P. decussata var. flore-rubro · P. denticulata · P. 'Diamond Head' · P. dichotoma · P. diosmaefolia · P. distinctissima · P. drummondii · P. drupacea · P. drupacea var. drupacea · P. elachantha · P. elata · P. elegans · P. elongata · P. erecta · P. eyrei · P. ferruginea (Pink Rice Flower) · P. ferruginea 'Bon Petite' · P. ferruginea 'Magenta Mist' · P. filamentosa · P. filiformis · P. flava

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Further Reading

• Annales du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. Leiden [etc.]E.J. Brill [etc.]. ENG url p. 21.
• Edwards' botanical register, or, Ornamental flower-garden and shrubbery London: James Ridgway, 1829-1847. ENG url p. 1827.
• Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung. Hamburg: R. Kittler, 1852-1890. GER url p. 389.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 190, p. 458.
• Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. ENG url p. 14.
• Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu in Londini, Typis R Taylor, veneunt apud J. Johnson, 1810. LAT url p. 360.
• The identification of trees & shrubs; how to recognize, without previous knowledge of botany, wild or garden trees and shrubs native to the north temperate zone, with 2, 500 diagrams made by the author. New York, Dutton[1937] ENG url p. 265, p. 79.
• Huang Shuchung & Zhang Zerong. 1999. Thymelaeaceae. In: Ku Tsuechih, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 52(1): 287-400.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 17, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1832003
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15882394
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:832608-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 77039-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1112738

Footnotes

1. Yinzheng Wang, Michael G. Gilbert, Brian F. Mathew, Christopher Brickell & Lorin I. Nevling "Thymelaeaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 13 Page 213. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 505.000 meters (1,656.824 feet), Standard Deviation = 407.700 based on 305 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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