Pimelea

Pimelea
Pimelea brevistyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Subfamily: Thymelaeoideae
Genus: Pimelea
Sol. & Banks ex Gaertn.
Species

About 150 species; see text

Synonyms
List
    • Aschenfeldtia Meisn. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Banksia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. nom. rej.
    • Calyptostregia C.S.P.Foster & Henwood orth. var.
    • Calyptrostegia C.A.Mey.
    • Cookia J.F.Gmel. nom. illeg.
    • Gymnococca C.A.Mey.
    • Heterolaena (Endl.) C.A.Mey isonym
    • Heterolaena (Endl.) C.A.Mey.
    • Macrostegia Turcz. nom. illeg.
    • Pimelea b. Heterolaena Endl.
    • Pimelea sect. Calyptrostegia (C.A.Mey.) Benth.
    • Pimelea sect. Gymnococca (C.A.Mey.) Meisn.
    • Pimelea sect. Thecanthes (Wikstr.) Meisn.
    • Pimelea subg. Thecanthes (Wikstr.) Gilg
    • Pimelia Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. orth. var.
    • Thecanthes Wikstr.

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 36 in New Zealand.