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Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.

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Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 22 (1852)
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1852
22
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Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
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Pittosporum colensoi

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colensoi

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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.

Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.

Tree up to ± 10 m. tall, trunk up to ± 4 dm. diam., bark very dark, branches stouter than in P. tenuifolium. Lvs alt. on short stout petioles. Lamina elliptic- to lanceolate- to obovate-oblong, us. acute, ± 4-10 × 2-5 cm., coriac., dark green above, paler below; margins flat. Fls axillary, solitary or occ. in few-fld cymes, on short stout ± pubescent peduncles. Bracts somewhat persistent. Sepals broad-oblong, ± pubescent; petals dark to very dark red. Capsules ± globose, c. 12 mm. diam.; valves woody, thick, rugulose.

Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.

2n = 24
2n = 24

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Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
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Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
Pittosporum huttonianum var. viridifolium Kirk
Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.

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Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.
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af540f21-7598-4a1e-b55b-d418090beb6f
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 June 2012
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