Pomaderris cotoneaster
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name = Cotoneaster pomaderris
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|image_caption = Pomaderris cotoneaster in the Bungonia State Conservation Area
|genus = Pomaderris
|species = cotoneaster
|status_system = EPBC
|status = EN
|authority = N.A.Wakef.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris cotoneaster |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/93750 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=30 January 2022}}
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Pomaderris cotoneaster, commonly known as cotoneaster pomaderris,{{cite web |title=Conservation advice for Pomaderris cotoneaster (Cotoneaster Pomaderris) |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/2043-conservation-advice-23112021.pdf |publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment |access-date=30 January 2022}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with woolly-hairy stems, elliptic leaves, and leafy panicles of cream-coloured flowers.
Description
Pomaderris cotoneaster is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–4|m}}, its branchlets densely covered with woolly, white, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, {{cvt|15–30|mm}} long and {{cvt|10–15|mm}} wide, the upper surface with bristly hairs and the lower surface densely covered with soft, star-shaped, white and rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are cream-coloured and borne in leafy, more or less pyramid-shaped panicles {{cvt|30–100|mm}} long, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|1.5–2.5|mm}} long. The floral cup is {{cvt|0.5–1.0|mm}} long, the sepals {{cvt|1.6–2.0|mm}} long but fall off as the flowers open, and there are no petals. Flowering occurs in October and November.{{cite web |last1=Harden |first1=Gwen J. |title=Pomaderris cotoneaster |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pomaderris~cotoneaster |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=30 January 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville G. |title=Pomaderris cotoneaster |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/6ab46dc7-8022-4255-93a3-cbeab381f17e |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=30 January 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pomaderris cotoneaster |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pomaderris_cotoneaster.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=30 January 2022}}
Taxonomy
Pomaderris cotoneaster was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens he collected near the Upper Genoa River in 1950.{{cite web |title=Pomaderris cotoneaster |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/516868 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=29 January 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Wakefield |first1=Norman A. |title=New species of Pomaderris |journal=The Victorian Naturalist |date=1951 |volume=68 |issue=8 |pages=141–142 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127325#page/154/mode/1up |access-date=30 January 2022}} The specific epithet (cotoneaster) means "quince-likeness".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=71 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
This pomaderris grows in forest and woodland, often along rivers or on cliffs and is found from near Mittagong in New South Wales to the upper Genoa River in far north-east Victoria, but is rare in both states.
Conservation status
Cotoneaster pomaderris is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The main threats to the species include climate change, grazing by herbivores, and weed invasion.{{cite web |title=Cotoneaster pomaderris - profile |url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10648 |publisher=New South Wales Government Department of Environment and Heritage |access-date=30 January 2022}}
References
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)