Pomaderris argyrophylla
| Silver pomaderris | |
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| Pomaderris argyrophylla in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Pomaderris |
| Species: | P. argyrophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Pomaderris argyrophylla | |
Pomaderris argyrophylla, commonly known as silver pomaderris,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with lance-shaped leaves and white to cream-coloured or yellow flowers.
Description
[edit]Pomaderris argyrophylla is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1–6 m (3 ft 3 in – 19 ft 8 in), its new growth covered with coppery-coloured hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long and 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 6–13 mm (0.24–0.51 in) long with narrowly triangular stipules 4.5–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in) long at the base. The lower surface of the leaves is covered with felt-like white hairs. The flowers are borne in panicles and are white to cream-coloured or yellow, each flower on a pedicel about 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The sepals are 1.3–2.0 mm (0.051–0.079 in) long, there are usually no petals, and the stamens are about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. The fruit is about 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long and covered with long, silvery-grey hairs.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Pomaderris argyrophylla was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected by Cyril Tenison White on the Blackall Range near Cooloolabin in 1943.[4][5] The specific epithet (argyrophylla) means "silvery-leaved".[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This pomaderris grows in moist forest, often in gullies, at altitudes between 400 and 1,100 m (1,300 and 3,600 ft) and occurs from north-east Queensland and south to the Barrington Tops in New South Wales.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pomaderris argyrophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Harden, Gwenneth J. "Pomaderris argyrophylla". Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Pomaderris argyrophylla". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Pomaderris argyrophylla". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Wakefield, Norman A. (1951). "New species of Pomaderris". The Victorian Naturalist. 68 (8): 142. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780958034180.