Pomaderris vacciniifolia

Round-leaf Pomaderris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Pomaderris
Species: P. vacciniifolia
Binomial name
Pomaderris vacciniifolia
Reissek[1]

The Round-leaf Pomaderris (Pomaderris vacciniifolia) is a spreading shrub, endemic to Victoria, Australia.[2]

The round-leaf pomaderris was listed as vulnerable in the 2005 Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria issued by the Department of Sustainability and Environment.[3] In 2008, the plant's conservation status was highlighted when it was revealed that several plants had branches removed during construction of the North–South Pipeline. The Victorian government's scientific advisory group recommended that the plant be listed as a protected species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.[4] The plant was added to the Protected Flora List in 2010.[5]

The only significant remaining wild population of the round-leaf pomaderris is at Toolangi, about 70 km north east of Melbourne. Factors in the decline of the species include browsing by feral deer, land clearing, and the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.[6]

The plant was described in 1858 by the Austrian botanist Siegfried Reisseck.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Pomaderris vacciniifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Pomaderris vacciniifolia, Atlas of Living Australia.
  3. ↑ Advisory List of Rare or Threatened Plants in Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2005.
  4. ↑ Ker, Peter (17 October 2008). "Official protection urged for species endangered by pipeline, dredging works". The Age. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Protected Flora List, Department of Sustainability and the Environment, 2012.
  6. ↑ A Rare Treat, Museum Victoria, 6 October 2010.
  7. ↑ Pomaderris vacciniifolia Reissek, The International Plants Names Index.
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