Pomaderris sericea N.A.Wakef. (1951:140)
Silky pomaderris, Bent pomaderris
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Globally Rediscovered (Bell et al., 2026)
Last record: 1997 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9; Bell et al., 2026)
Rediscovered in: March 2025 (Bell et al., 2026)
Previously considered Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9 [as Possibly extinct]).
Distribution & Habitat
New South Wales & Victoria, Australia
"Rocky sandstone country"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:9)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wakefield, N. A. (1951). New species of Pomaderris. The Victorian Naturalist 68(8): 140-143.
Other references:
Bell, Stephen A. J. (2001). Notes on the distribution and conservation status of some restricted plant species from sandstone environments of the upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales. Cunninghamia 7(1): 77-88.
Bell, Stephen A. J. (2008). Rare or threatened vascular plant species of Wollemi National Park, central eastern New South Wales. Cunninghamia 10(3): 331-371.
Bell, Stephen A. J., Lamrock, P., Forge, T. and Frank, S. (2026). Pomaderris sericea (Rhamnaceae): Rediscovery of a critically endangered shrub that is almost, but not quite (yet), extinct. Cunninghamia 26: 55-63. https://doi.org/10/7751/cunninghamia.2026.004
DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2023). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: June 2023. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.
DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2025). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: March 2025. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.
Douglas, S. and David, S. (2013) PAS2 Data Deficient Project: Survey of the poorly known flora species Pomaderris sericea, Phyllota humifusa, Pultenaea elusa and Solanum armourense. Prepared for NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, February 2013.
Keith, David A., Chalson, Jane M. and Auld, Tony D. (1997). Assessing the status of threatened plants: A new methodology and an application to the vascular flora of New South Wales. Project No. 450, Endangered Species Program. Canberra: Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia.
Nge, Francis J., Hammer, Timothy A., Vasconcelos, Thais, Biffin, Ed, Kellermann, Jürgen and Waycott, Michelle. (2024). Polyploidy linked with species richness but not diversification rates or niche breadth in Australian Pomaderreae (Rhamnaceae). Annals of Botany 135(3): 531-548. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae181
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 14 July 2025]
Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]
Walsh, N. G. (1999). Pomaderris, pp. 85-109. In: Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. (eds.). Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Melbourne: Inkata Press.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.