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Pittosporaceae R.Br.

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Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
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Pittosporaceae R.Br.
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Pittosporaceae

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Pittosporaceae

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

Pittosporaceae R.Br.

Fls 5-merous, us. perfect, regular, solitary or in cymes or panicles; sepals free or connate near base, imbricate; petals imbricate, clawed; stamens alt. with petals; anthers us. introrse, opening by pores or slits. Ovary superior, 2-5-loculed; placentae parietal or axile, ovules ∞. Fr. us. a loculicidal capsule; seeds us. immersed in viscid pulp, embryo minute, endosperm cop. Trees shrubs or lianes with alt. or whorled simple exstipulate lvs. Family widespread (absent from America) with some 10 genera and > 200 spp.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Pittosporaceae R.Br.

Evergreen trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Lvs alternate, opposite or subverticillate, exstipulate. Fls solitary, in cymes or panicles, 5-merous, actinomorphic, mostly ☿. Sepals free or connate towards base. Petals free, imbricate, clawed. Stamens usually free; anthers opening by pores or slits. Ovary superior, 2-5-celled; placentation axile or parietal; ovules few to numerous. Style simple. Fr. usually a loculicidal capsule, sometimes a berry. Seeds usually immersed in viscous pulp, endospermic; embryo minute.

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Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Pittosporaceae
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Pittosporaceae
Cronquist, A. (1988)
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Pittosporaceae
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Pittosporaceae
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Apiales Nakai
Pittosporaceae R.Br.
Pittosporaceae
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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1 January 2000
3 August 2011
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