Pomax
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.


Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Southern Flinders (FLB04) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern [rocky outcrops] |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern [grows in rocky crevices] |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern [grows in rocky crevices] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [rocky hills] |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [rocky hills] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) [goats] |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Kintore (GVD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat] |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Yalata (NUL03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) |
Simpson Desert (SSD02) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [uncommon] |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Least Concern [grows in rock crevices] |
Watarru (CER02) | | Near Threatened [grows in rock crevices] |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Near Threatened [grows in rock crevices] |
3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
2 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare |
4 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Rare |
3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Rare |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) |
Simpson Desert (SSD02) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [uncommon] |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
3 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Pomax hirta
Pomax glabra
Opercularia umbellata
Common names
Pomax
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 2,370 (5 g) 2,370 (5 g) | 30 | 24-Oct-2004 | DJD32 Gairdner-Torrens | 28-Mar-2006 | 92% | -18°C |
BGA | 980 (1.45 g) | 20+ | 22-Jul-2017 | KHB931 North Western | 30-Jun-2018 | 25% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.