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Taxonomy

Notes:

Publishing author: Roem. & Schult. Publication: Syst. v. pp. xxvi, 330 (1819)

Basionym: Pittosporaceae Billardiera scandens Sm.

Basionym author: (Sm.)

Physical Description

Family Pittosporaceae:

Trees or shrubs, evergreen, glabrous or pubescent, occasionally spiny. Leaves alternate, occasionally opposite, estipulate; leaf blade mostly leathery, margin entire, rarely dentate or lobed. Inflorescences umbellate, corymbose, paniculate, or a solitary flower, bracteate and bracteolate. Flowers usually bisexual, sometimes polygamous, actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic, usually 5-merous (except ovary) . Sepals usually free or slightly connate. Petals free or connate, white, yellow, blue, or red. Stamens opposite sepals; filament filiform; anther basifixed or dorsifixed, 2-loculed, dehiscing longitudinally or by pores. Ovary superior, of 2 or 3( 5) carpels, usually 1-loculed or incompletely 2 5-loculed; ovules numerous, anatropous; placentation parietal, axile, or basilar. Style short, simple or 2 5-lobed, persistent or deciduous. Fruit a capsule dehiscing by adaxial suture, or a berry. Seeds numerous; testa thin; endosperm well developed; embryo small.

Nine genera and ca. 250 species: tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands, especially Australia; one genus and 46 species (33 endemic) in China.^[1]

Similar Species

Members of the genus Labillardiera:

There are approximately 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus: L. canariensis · L. fusiformis · L. longiflora · L. mutabilis · L. scandens

Bibliography

• Chang Hung-ta & Yan Su-zhu. 1979. Pittosporaceae. In: Chang Hung-ta, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 35(2): 136.

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Notes

Contributors:

• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15737791
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90437-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1369621

Footnotes:

1. Zhi-Yun Zhang & Nicholas J. Turland "Pittosporaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 9 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.