Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pimelea oreophila subsp. hetera C.J.Burrows, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 58 (2011)
Description
Young stems moderately thick (2.5–3.5 mm), light brown, moderately densely covered in short, appressed hairs, internodes 1–4 mm, node buttresses lunate, not prominent on leafless stems. Older stems brown, thick (to 5 mm). Leaves elliptic to ovate, medium green, flat to slightly keeled, sometimes red-margined. Abaxial hairs dull white, short, varying from very sparse to a continuous but only moderately dense cover, sometimes tufted at the tip. Fruits red.
[Reproduced from Burrows (2011, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 41–106) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Burrows, C.J. 2011: Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 4. The taxonomic treatment of ten endemic abaxially hairy-leaved species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 49(1): 41–106.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
