Pomaderris
Pomaderris ferruginea
Pomaderris is a genus of the family of the buckthorn family ( Rhamnaceae ). It is native to Australia and New Zealand and includes about 40 species.
Description
Pomaderris are evergreen shrubs or unreinforced much grown trees with a height of up to 10 meters. The alternate arranged leaves are rolled up significantly on its edge.
The flowers are in umbel- shaped, small cymes either as terminal clusters or panicles, sometimes referred to as kopfige tufts, rarely as single flowers. A flower cups missing, the very thin disk is a ring -shaped and may be lacking petals may be absent.
The ovary is semi- inferior, the part of fruits open side.
Distribution and systematics
Pomaderris are native to Australia and New Zealand. The genus was first described in 1804 by Jacques Julien de Houtou Labillardiere. Within the buckthorn plants it is classified in the tribe Pomaderreae. The genus includes about 40 species, including the occasionally related as ornamental shrub Pomaderris aspera and the type species Pomaderris elliptica.