Pomaderris

Pomaderris
Pomaderris vellea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Genus:	Pomaderris Labill.
Species
See text.

Pomaderris is a genus of 70 species of shrub to small tree in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. 65 of the species are native to Australia and the other five are from New Zealand. There is some overlap.

Few of the genus are known to horticulture, the most commonly cultivated species is P. aspera, the hazel pomaderris.

The leaves, branches and twigs of the genus are hairy.

Pomaderris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus ligniveren.

Selected species

• Pomaderris adnata - NSW, Australia
• Pomaderris andromedifolia - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris angustifolia - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris apetala
• Pomaderris argyrophylla - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris aspera, Hazel Pomaderris - eastern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris betulina - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris bodalla - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris brogoensis - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris brunnea, Rufous Pomaderris - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris cinerea - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris cocoparrana - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris costata - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris cotoneaster, Cotoneaster Pomaderris - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris crassifolia - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris delicata - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris discolor - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris elachophylla, Small leaf pomaderris - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris elliptica - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris eriocephala - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris ferruginea - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris gilmourii - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris graniticola - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris hamiltonii - Pale-flowered kūmarahou, New Zealand
• Pomaderris helianthemifolia - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris intermedia - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris kumeraho - Kūmarahou, Gum-digger's soap, New Zealand
• Pomaderris lanigera - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris ledifolia, Sydney Pomaderris - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris ligustrina - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris mediora - NSW, Australia
• Pomaderris nitidula - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris notata - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris oraria - Bassian Pomaderris, Limestone Pomaderris, Australia
• Pomaderris pallida - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris paniculosa - Scurfy Pomaderris, Inland Pomaderris, Coast Pomaderris - southern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris parrisiae - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris pauciflora - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris phylicifolia - southeastern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
• Pomaderris pilifera - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris precaria - NSW, Australia
• Pomaderris prunifolia - eastern Australia, New Zealand
• Pomaderris queenslandica - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris reperta - NSW, Australia
• Pomaderris rugosa - New Zealand
• Pomaderris sericea, Bent Pomaderris - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris subcapitata - southeastern Australia
• Pomaderris subplicata - Victoria, Australia
• Pomaderris vacciniifolia, Round Leaf Pomaderris - Victoria, Australia
• Pomaderris vellea - eastern Australia
• Pomaderris velutina - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
• Pomaderris virgata, Upright Pomaderris - southeastern Australia

References

• Australian Gardening Encyclopedia, 2003, Random House ISBN 0-09-183596-8
• "Pomaderris". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-02-09.

External links

Media related to Pomaderris at Wikimedia Commons