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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.

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New Zealand
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Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
1840
106
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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
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Pittosporum crassifolium

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crassifolium

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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.

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.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Pittosporum crassifolium var. strictum Kirk
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.

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Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
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a7696f9f-6919-450c-b3ee-6f1a5469bed2
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
26 June 2007
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