Pimelea traversii

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2025}}

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|genus = Pimelea

|species = traversii

|authority = Hook.f.{{cite web|title=Pimelea traversii subsp. traversii|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1128|website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|access-date=28 May 2016}}{{cite book|title=Handbook of the New Zealand Flora|author=Hooker, J.D.|page=243 |date=1864|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53745666}}

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Pimelea traversii is a species of shrub in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Pimelea traversii|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/404896-Pimelea-traversii|website=iNaturalist|access-date=28 May 2016}} The specific epithet traversii is in honor of naturalist Henry H. Travers (1844–1928), son of William Thomas Locke Travers.{{cite journal|last1=Bubelis|first1=Walt|title=New Zealand Plants and their Collectors|journal=Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin|date=Winter 2013|pages=24–25|issn=1046-8749|oclc=487128332|url=https://www.arboretumfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bubelis-NZ-plants-2.pdf|access-date=7 February 2018|language=English|quote=He not only helped create the Wellington Botanic Garden but saw his passionate love of nature picked up by his son Henry (1844 -1928), who became a naturalist and professional collector. Henry Travers is responsible for the names Pseudowintera traversii, Veronica traversii, and Pimelea traversii.}}