Pittosporaceae

Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertn.

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 286 (1788)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arizona, Ascension, Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Corse, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, Florida, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Marianas, Morocco, North Carolina, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, St.Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flore du Gabon 41: 1-75. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 124.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Cufod. in Fedde, Repert. 55: 27–112 (1952), 113 (1953).
  • in Gaertn. Fruct. 1: 286, t. 59 fig. 7 (1788).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Friis in Kew Bull. 42: 319–335 (1987).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Cuf. in F.R. 55: 27 (1952)
  • F.F.N.R.: 66 (1962)
  • J. Léon, in F.C.B. 2: 574 (1951)
  • K.T.S.: 380 (1961)
  • Pritzel in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 18a: 273 (1930)
  • in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 159 (1960)
  • in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 182 (1954)
  • in F.Z. 1: 298 (1960)
  • in Fl. Madag. (1955)
  • in Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 286, t. 59/7 (1788)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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