Pimelea physodes

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Qualup bell
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
Binomial name
Pimelea physodes
Synonyms[1]
  • Banksia physodes (Hook.) Kuntze
  • Macrostegia erubescens
    Turcz.

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

Pimelea physodes is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) and has a single stem at ground level. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, more or less

style is reddish and protrudes from the flower. Each group of flowers is surrounded by three or four pairs of green and cream-coloured bracts, usually also with varying amounts of red or purple. These bracts (strictly involucral bracts) are elliptical, 22–60 mm (0.87–2.36 in) long and 11–45 mm (0.43–1.77 in) wide and glabrous. Flowering occurs from July to October.[2][3][4][5]

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.[6][7] The specific epithet (physodes) is from an ancient Greek word meaning "a pair of bellows", referring to the paired bracts around the flowers.[8]

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][3][4]

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

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  1. ^ a b "Pimelea physodes". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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  3. ^ a b Rye, Barbara L. (1988). "A Revision of Western Australian Thymelaeaceae". Nuytsia. 6 (2): 222–224. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b Rye, Barbara L.; Heads, Michael J. (1999). George, Alex S. (ed.). Flora of Australia. Vol. 18. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. p. 197. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Pimelea physodes". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Pimelea physodes". APNI. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ Hooker, William Jackson (1852). Icones Plantarum (Volume 9). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and others. p. 865. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ISBN 9780958034180
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