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Pimelea villosa; photograph Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BYNom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pimelea villosa Sol. ex Sm.

Thymelaeaceae · Chatham Is., New Zealand North +1

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Pimelea villosa, photograph Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPimelea villosa, photograph Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPimelea villosa, photograph Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPimelea villosa, photograph Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPimelea villosa, photograph P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPimelea villosa, photograph P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 10 photographs ›

Summary

Pimelea villosa, also known as Pimelea arenaria, or sand daphne is a species of shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae, known in Māori as autetaranga or autetauranga. It is endemic to New Zealand. Its conservation status puts it at risk and declining, as determined by the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). The bark of the tree was occasionally used as traditional textiles such as ribbons or ear ornaments, however was not as commonly used as the paper mulberry (aute) or Hoheria populnea (houhere).

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Pimelea villosa", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

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Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeChatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“shrub” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Nom. rev., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (4); P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Pimelea 23 in the reference

Pimelea actea Pimelea actea Thymelaeaceae Photo: CC BY, Arnim LittekPimelea altior Pimelea altior Short-leaved riceflower Photo: CC BY, AuradymePimelea buxifolia Pimelea buxifolia Thymelaeaceae Photo: CC BY, Angus CampbellPimelea carnosa Pimelea carnosa Thymelaeaceae Photo: CC BY, Emily RobertsPimelea ciliata Pimelea ciliata Thymelaeaceae Photo: CC BY, Belinda ForbesPimelea ferruginea Pimelea ferruginea Coastal Banjine Photo: CC BY-SA, CarmonPimelea flava Pimelea flava Yellow riceflower Photo: CC BY, Ian RainbowPimelea glauca Pimelea glauca Smooth riceflower Photo: CC0, author not statedPimelea humilis Pimelea humilis Thymelaeaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedPimelea ligustrina Pimelea ligustrina Tall riceflower Photo: CC BY, Petra HollandPimelea linifolia Pimelea linifolia Flax-leaf riceflower Photo: CC BY, Sofia ZvolanekPimelea longifolia Pimelea longifolia Long-leaved pimelea Photo: CC BY, Angus Campbell all 24 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Banksia villosa. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Thymelaeaceae
Described by
Sol. ex Sm.
Native to
Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Pimelea villosa Sol. ex Sm. (plant_name_id 2551191), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 77103534-1, POWO 77103534-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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