Pomaderris coomingalensis


Pomaderris coomingalensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub with hairy young stems, egg-shaped or elliptic leaves, and clusters of cream-coloured or yellow flowers.

Description

Pomaderris coomingalensis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of, its young stems densely covered with greyish, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, mostly long and wide on a petiole long, the upper surface glabrous and the lower surface with greyish, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are borne in clusters or twenty to fifty long on the ends of branchlets and are cream-coloured or yellow, each flower on a pedicel long. The floral cup is about in diameter and the sepals are long but there are no petals. Flowering occurs in November and December.

Taxonomy

Pomaderris coomingalensis was first formally described in 1997 by Neville Grant Walsh and Fiona Coates and the description was published in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by in the Coominglah Range in 1994.

Distribution and habitat

This pomaderris grows in open forest and is only known from the type location.

Conservation status

This pomaderris is listed as "endangered" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.