Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich. is a plant in the Rubiaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich.

Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich.

Pomax umbellata is the only species in the Pomax genus of the coffee family, found only in Australia.

Family
Genus
Pomax
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Pomax umbellata (Gaertn.) Sol. ex A.Rich.

Pomax is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to Rubiaceae, the coffee plant family. This genus contains only one species: Pomax umbellata, which is found in Australia. The genus Pomax was established in 1830 by Swiss taxonomist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, and published in his work Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Joseph Gaertner first described this species under the name Opercularia umbellata in 1788. It was later transferred to the genus Pomax by Daniel Solander in 1834.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Rubiaceae Pomax

More from Rubiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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