Pomaria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species of shrubs and perennial herbs native to North America (9 species, ranging from the central United States to southern Mexico), South America (4 species, ranging from southern Brazil to Paraguay and northern Argentina), and southern Africa (3 species in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa). Typical habitats include drier subtropical grasslands and wooded grasslands, often on limestone, and degraded areas. It belongs to tribe Caesalpinieae of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Species Pomaria comprises the following species: Pomaria austrotexana B.B.Simpson Pomaria brachycarpa (A.Gray) B.B.Simpson—Broadpad nicker Pomaria burchellii (DC.) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria canescens (Fisher) B.B.Simpson Pomaria fruticosa (S. Watson) B.B.Simpson Pomaria glandulosa Cav. Pomaria jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. Pomaria lactea (Schinz) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria melanosticta S.Schauer—Parry's holdback Pomaria multijuga (S.Watson) B.B.Simpson Pomaria parviflora (Micheli) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria pilosa (Vogel) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria rubicunda (Vogel) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis var. rubicunda (Vogel) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis var. hauthalii (Harms) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria sandersonii (Harv.) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria stipularis (Vogel) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis Pomaria wootonii (Britton) B.B.Simpson
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