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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 106 (1840)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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A.Cunn.
Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
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.
1840
106
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
species
Pittosporum crassifolium

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum
crassifolium

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is host of
Ileostylus micranthus (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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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.

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.

Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

2n = 24
2n = 24
2n = 24

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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Cooper, R.C. (1956)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pittosporum Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pittosporum Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pittosporum Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Howell, C. (2008)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium var. strictum Kirk
Pittosporum crassifolium var. strictum Kirk
Cooper, R.C. (1956)
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Australia
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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a7696f9f-6919-450c-b3ee-6f1a5469bed2
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 August 2025
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