Pomax

Pomax is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. Pomax umbellata, found in Australia, is the sole species of the genus. The genus was created in 1830, by the Swiss taxonomist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, published in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[2][3][4][5] Pomax umbellata was described in 1834.[6]

Pomax umbellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Anthospermeae
Genus: Pomax
Sol. ex DC.
Species:
P. umbellata
Binomial name
Pomax umbellata
(Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich.
Synonyms[1]
Synonyms of Pomax umbellata:
  • Opercularia lamarckiana Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Opercularia umbellata Gaertn.
  • Pomax glabra DC.
  • Pomax hirta DC.
  • Pomax rupestris F.Muell.
  • Pomax umbellata var. carnosula Domin
  • Pomax umbellata var. glabra (DC.) Domin
  • Pomax umbellata var. hirta (DC.) Domin
  • Pomax umbellata var. mitchelliana Domin
  • Pomax umbellata var. ovatifolia Domin

References
  1. "Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  2. "Pomax DC". FloraBase - Western Australia. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  3. "Pomax umbellata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  4. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 207
  5. "Pomax". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  6. "Pomax umbellata Sol. ex A.Rich". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-10-28.


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