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.[1]
Species
About 150 species; see text
Synonyms[1]
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.