Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

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Name scientific

Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 106 (1840)

Preferred name

Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

Taxonomy reference

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

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

A.Cunn.

Authors

Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

Publication place

Cunningham, A. 1840: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 4: 106–111.

Year published

1840

Publication page

106

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pittosporum crassifolium

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Pittosporaceae

Genus

Pittosporum

Species

crassifolium

Subordinates

Pittosporum crassifolium var. strictum

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Karo

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Pittosporum crassifolium var. strictum Kirk

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Associated organism

Association source

is host of

Ileostylus micranthus (Hook.f.) Tiegh.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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

Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

Description

Shrub or tree up to 9 m. tall, bark dark brown; branches erect to ascending, sts almost fastigiate; branchlets, lvs below, petioles and peduncles densely clad in white to buff subappressed tomentum (sts ferruginous in aged herbarium specimens). Lvs alt., very coriac., lamina 5-7-(10) × 2-2.5 cm., on stout petioles up to 2 cm. long, obovate-cuneate to obovate-elliptic to narrow-obovate, margins revolute. Fls functionally unisexual, in terminal umbels of 5-10 ♂ or 1-2 ♀. Sepals subulate to oblong-lanceolate, tapering, tomentose, c. 6 mm. long, petals narrow-oblong, c. 1 cm. long, dark red. Capsules subglobose to ovoid, tomentose, 2-3 cm. long, on stout decurved peduncles up to 1·5 cm. long; valves 3 or rarely 4, thick, woody.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.