Pomaderris brogoensis
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
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| genus = Pomaderris
| species = brogoensis
| authority = N.G.Walsh{{cite web |title=Pomaderris brogoensis |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/93498 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=15 January 2022}}
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Pomaderris brogoensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a slender shrub or spreading tree with hairy branchlets, egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, and clusters of yellowish flowers.
Description
Pomaderris brogoensis is a slender shrub or spreading tree that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|9|m}}, its stems covered with white and rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base to more or less round, {{cvt|6–20|mm}} long, {{cvt|5–14|mm}} wide with lance-shaped stipules mostly {{cvt|3–5|mm}} long at the base, and covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are borne in pyramid-shaped panicles, each flower on a densely hairy pedicel about {{cvt|2|mm}} long. The sepals are golden yellow, oblong and {{cvt|1.6–2.0|mm}} long but there are no petals. The stamens alternate with the sepals and are {{cvt|1.0–1.3|mm}} long.{{cite journal |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Two new species of Pomaderris Labill. (Rhamnaceae) from south-eastern New South Wales. Muelleria |journal=Muelleria |date=1988 |volume=6 |issue=6 |pages=429–431 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49825859#page/45/mode/1up |access-date=15 January 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pomaderris brogoensis |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~brogoensis |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=15 January 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris brogoensis was first formally described in 1988 by Neville Grant Walsh in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by [https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/albrecht-david-edward.html David Albrecht] in the Bemboka State Forest in 1986.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris brogoensis |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/516486 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=15 January 2022}} The specific epithet (brogoensis) refers to the type location.
Distribution and habitat
This pomaderris usually grows on steep, north-facing slopes and occurs in scattered locations, mostly in the upper catchments of the Brogo River on the South Coast and Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.