Pittosporum buchananii Hook.f.

Details

Name scientific

Pittosporum buchananii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 725 (1867)

Preferred name

Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1867: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands. Part II. Reeve, London.

Year published

1867

Publication page

725

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pittosporum buchananii Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pittosporum buchananii

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Pittosporaceae

Genus

Pittosporum

Species

buchananii

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Pittosporum buchananii Hook.f.

Description

Shrub or tree up to 6 m. tall; branchlets slender; young branchlets and lvs ± pubescent. Lvs alt., submembr., elliptic-oblong to elliptic or broad-elliptic; acute to acuminate or obtuse on same plant; lamina 6-13 × 3-5 cm., sts slightly undulate, on petiole 1-2 cm. long. Fls axillary, solitary or paired, on pedicels 6-20 mm. long. Sepals 4-5 mm. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals c. 1 cm. long, dark red, narrow with long claw. Capsules up to 1 cm. long, subglobose, on pedicels 1-2 cm. long.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Pittosporum buchananii Hook.f.

Pittosporum buchananii Hook.f.

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Metadata

Record id

469e6376-9032-4df0-b82b-58b98003a6bd

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

25 March 2008

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