It was named .
It was described by Colin J. Burrows in 2008 as part of a revision of the New Zealand Pimelea , a project he had begun as a Master 's thesis in the 1950s and continued in his retirement .
It was named and described by Colin J. Burrows in 2008 as part of a revision of the New Zealand Pimelea , a project he had begun as a Master 's thesis in the 1950s and continued in his retirement .