Pittosporum ferrugineum laxiflorum

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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.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.

Genus Pittosporum

Trees , shrubs , or sometimes subshrubs , evergreen , pubescent or glabrous . Leavs alternate, appearing opposite or pseudoverticillate , usually clustered at branchlet apex; leaf blade leathery or sometimes membranous, margin entire , undulate-dentate, or rugose . Inflorescences terminal or axillary , umbellate , corymbose , paniculate , or a solitary flower. Flowers bisexual , rarely polygamous. Sepals 5, free , usually short and small. Petals 5, free or partly connate . Stamens 5; filament glabrous; anther dorsifixed , ± sagittate , longitudinally dehiscent . Ovary superior, usually stipitate , of 2 or 3(-5) carpels, 1-loculed or incompletely 2-5-loculed, pubescent or glabrous; ovules usually numerous , sometimes 1-4; placentas parietal and equal in number to carpels, or basilar owing to reduction of ovules. Style short, simple or 2-5-lobed, usually persistent . Capsule ellipsoid or globose , sometimes compressed , dehiscing by 2-5 valves ; pericarp woody or leathery, usually with horizontal striae adaxially. Seeds usually surrounded by glutinous or greasy material .

About 150 species: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; tropical and S Africa (including Madagascar), SW Asia (Yemen), Atlantic Islands (Madeira ), Australia, Indian Ocean Islands (Mascarenes, Seychelles), Pacific Islands; 46 species (33 endemic) in China."Pittosporum". in Flora of China Vol. 9 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pittosporum

There are approximately 558 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. 'Arundel Green' · P. 'Bicton Silver' · P. 'Craxten' · P. 'Crinkles' · P. 'Dark Delight' · P. 'Emerald Lake' · P. 'Essex' · P. 'Garnettii' · P. 'Green Flame' · P. 'Holbrook' · P. 'Humpty Dumpty' · P. 'Margaret Turnbull' · P. 'Mystery' · P. 'Nanum Variegatum' · P. 'Oliver Twist' · P. 'Peter Pan' · P. 'Purple Princess' · P. 'Saundersii' · P. 'Stephens Island' (Pittosporum) · P. abyssinicum · P. acacioides · P. acuminatissimum · P. adaphniphylloides · P. aff. buchananii · P. aliferum · P. ambrense · P. andersonii · P. aneityense · P. anggiense · P. angustifolium · P. angustilimbum · P. anomalum · P. anomalum 'Falcon' · P. anomalum 'Kestral' · P. anomalum 'Raven' · P. anomalum 'Starling' · P. antunesii · P. arborescens · P. argentifolium (Hawai'i Poisonberry Tree) · P. argyrophyllum · P. artense · P. baileyanum · P. balansae · P. balansae var. chatterjeeanum · P. balfourii · P. baudouinii · P. beecheyi · P. berberidoides · P. bernardii · P. bicolor (Cheesewood) · P. bicolor 'Cradle' · P. bicolor 'Mount Field' · P. bicrurium · P. billardierei · P. boninense · P. boninense var. chichijimense · P. boninense var. denudatum · P. boninense var. lutchuense · P. bouletii · P. brachysepalum · P. brackenridgei · P. bracteolatum · P. brassii · P. brevicalyx · P. brevispinum · P. buchanani · P. buchananii · P. bullato-ferrugineum · P. buxifolium · P. cacondense · P. callicarpeum · P. campbelli · P. capense · P. cardiocarpum · P. cauliflorum f. cauliflorum · P. cauliflorum f. flocculosum · P. cauliflorum f. pedicellatum · P. cavaleriei · P. ceylanicum · P. chathamicum · P. chatterjeeanum · P. cherrieri · P. chichijimense · P. chinense · P. clementis · P. coccineum · P. colensoi · P. colensoi 'Cobb' · P. colensoi 'Wanaka' · P. collinum · P. commutatum · P. comptum · P. confertiflorum (Ho'awa) · P. confertiflorum f. longipes · P. confertum · P. coriaceum · P. cornifolium · P. crassicaule · P. crassifolium (Karo) · P. crassifolium 'Compactum'

Bibliography

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

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Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10840052
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15938339
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:888269-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3615701

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