Pomaderris

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Pomaderris

Pomaderris lanigera

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Genus:	Pomaderris

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 - New Zealand
Pomaderris helianthemifolia - eastern Australia
Pomaderris intermedia - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
Pomaderris kumeraho - 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 - New Zealand
Pomaderris pallida - southeastern Australia
Pomaderris paniculosa - 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 vellea - eastern Australia
Pomaderris velutina - southeastern Australia, Tasmania
Pomaderris virgata, Upright Pomaderris - southeastern Australia