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 Repu, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Eritrea, 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, 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, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.

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:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Verdcourt, B. [4913A], Papua New Guinea 34325.000 No
Johns, R.J. [9252], New Guinea 62486.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8127] K001129023 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8131], India K001129039 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8127] K001129024 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8130], India K001129038 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8127] K001129025 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8127] K001129028 Yes
Letouzey, R. [8898], Cameroon K000106223 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8127] K001129026 Yes
Kamrup [Cat. no. 8129], India K001129037 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8132], Malaysia K001129040 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8132], Malaysia K001129041 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8127], Nepal K001129027 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0