''Pomax'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

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family,

Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...

. ''Pomax umbellata'', found in

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, is the sole species of the genus. The genus was created in 1830, by the Swiss taxonomist

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss people, Swiss botany, botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple ...

, and published in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 207 ''Pomax umbellata'' was first described as ''Opercularia umbellata'' by

Joseph Gaertner Joseph Gaertner (12 March 1732 – 14 July 1791) was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, ''De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum'' (1788-1792). Biography He was born in Calw, and studied in Göttingen under Albrecht von Haller. H ...

in 1788. but was transferred to the genus, ''Pomax'' by

Daniel Solander Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Sweden, Swedish naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university-educated scientist to set foot o ...

in 1834.

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''Pomax umbellata'' occurrence data
from the

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Monotypic Rubiaceae genera Flora of Australia Plants described in 1830 Plants described in 1788 Taxa named by Joseph Gaertner Anthospermeae {{Rubioideae-stub