Pimelea physodes
| Qualup bell | |
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| File:Pimelea physodes.jpg | |
| Pimelea physodes in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus: | Pimelea |
| Species: | P. physodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Pimelea physodes | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Pimelea physodes, commonly known as Qualup bell,[2] 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 elliptical bracts. The inflorescence resembles those of some of the only distantly-related darwinia "bells" and the bracts are a combination of red, purple, green and cream-coloured.
Description
Taxonomy and naming
Pimelea physodes was first formally described in 1852 by William Jackson Hooker in his book Icones Plantarum, from material collected by James Drummond.[3][4] The specific epithet (physodes) is from an ancient Greek word meaning "a pair of bellows", referring to the paired bracts around the flowers.[5]
Distribution and habitat
Qualup bell grows on sandplains and hillsides in the near-coastal region between the Pallarup Nature Reserve, Fitzgerald River National Park, Jarramungup and Mount Desmond near Ravensthorpe.[2][6][7]
Ecology
Gregory John Keighery has recorded the tawny-crowned honeyeater (Gliciphila meanops) as a probable pollinator of the Qualup bell.
Conservation status
This pimelea is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pimelea physodes". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Pimelea physodes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ↑ "Pimelea physodes". APNI. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson (1852). Icones Plantarum (Volume 9). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and others. p. 865. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ↑ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 277. ISBN 9780958034180.
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