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3252.000 Pittosporum
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves undulate. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary. Flowers actinomorphic, hypogynous, functionally unisexual, sweetly-scented; male with long filaments, fertile anthers and slender sterile ovary; female with short filaments, reduced sterile anthers and stout fertile ovary. Derivation of name: from Greek: pitta meaning resin, spora meaning seed, referring to the resinous seeds. Worldwide: 150 species in tropical and South Africa, New Zealand and Pacific. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| viridiflorum Sims var. viridiflorum | Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pittosporum:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: PittosporumFlora of Malawi: Pittosporum
Flora of Zambia: Pittosporum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pittosporum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pittosporum
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): PittosporumFlora Zambesiaca web site: Pittosporum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pittosporum
Wikipedia: Pittosporum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pittosporum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pittosporum
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