Pomaderris andromedifolia

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Pomaderris andromedifolia
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In Heathcote National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Pomaderris
Species:
P. andromedifolia
Binomial name
Pomaderris andromedifolia
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Flower buds in the Australian National Botanic Gardens

Pomaderris andromedifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped to elliptic leaves and cream-coloured to yellow flowers.

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Description

Pomaderris andromedifolia is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has its young stems covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are mostly lance-shaped to elliptic, 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long and 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) wide, the upper surface glabrous and the lower surface with white to rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are borne in panicles on the end of branches and are cream-coloured to pale yellow, each flower on a pedicel 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) long. The sepals are 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long but fall off as the flowers mature, the petals spatula-shaped and 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Pomaderris andromedifolia was first formally described in 1825 by Allan Cunningham and the description was published in Barron Field's Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales. [5] [6] The specific epithet (andromedifolia) refers to a similarity of the leaves of this species to those of the bog rosemary, Andromeda . [4]

In 1997, Neville Walsh described two subspecies of P. andromedifolia and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

Subspecies andromedifolia mainly grows in forest along the coast and tablelands from south-east Queensland, through New South Wales to far north-eastern Victoria, [8] [9] but subspecies confusa is only known from south-eastern New South Wales and from collections in 2019 near Mallacoota in far north-eastern Victoria. [11] [12]

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References

  1. "Pomaderris andromedifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. Harden, Gwenneth J. "Pomaderris andromedifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. Walsh, Neville G. "Pomaderris andromedifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Pomaderris andromedifolia". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  5. "Pomaderris andromedifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  6. Cunningham, Allan; Field, Barron (ed.) (1825). Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales. London: John Murray. p. 357. Retrieved 23 December 2021.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  7. "Pomaderris andromedifolia subsp. andromedifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  8. 1 2 Harden, Gwenneth J. "Pomaderris andromedifolia subsp. andromedifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  9. 1 2 Walsh, Neville G. "Pomaderris andromedifolia subsp. andromedifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  10. "Pomaderris andromedifolia subsp. confusa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  11. 1 2 Harden, Gwenneth J. "Pomaderris andromedifolia subsp. confusa". Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  12. 1 2 Walsh, Neville G. "Pomaderris andromedifolia subsp. confusa". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 23 December 2021.