Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

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Name scientific

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 4: 266 (1872)

Preferred name

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

Taxonomy reference

Bartlett, J.K. 1984: Notes on the distribution and associations of some uncommon plants of northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 307–313.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Kirk

Authors

Kirk

Publication place

Kirk, T. 1872: On the New Zealand species of Pittosporum, with Descriptions of New Species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 4: 260–267.

Year published

1872

Publication page

266

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pittosporum intermedium

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Pittosporaceae

Genus

Pittosporum

Species

intermedium

Hybridisation

Hybrid name

Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. × Pittosporum tenuifolium Sol. ex Gaertn.

Descriptions

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

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

Description

Small tree with black bark; young lvs and branchlets pubescent. Lvs alt., on petioles ± 5 mm. long; lamina submembr., elliptic-obovate to obovate, obtuse to subacute, apiculate or not, gradually narrowed to petiole; 4-7 × 2-2.5 cm. Fls both solitary and axillary and terminal in 2-3-fld umbels. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 4-5 mm. long; petals c. 1 cm. long, narrow-oblong. Capsules ± 2 cm. long, ovoid to obovoid, 3-valved; valves pubescent, woody; pedicels 1-1·5 cm. long, decurved.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

Pittosporum ×intermedium Kirk

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

Pittosporum ×intermedium Kirk

Bartlett, J.K. (1984)

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Pittosporum intermedium Kirk

New Zealand

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

possibly a hybrid Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn. 1840 × Pittosporum tenuifolium Sol. ex Gaertn. 1788

Note reference

Bartlett, J.K. 1984: Notes on the distribution and associations of some uncommon plants of northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 307–313.

Metadata

Record id

fb707595-ca8c-44d9-81e4-cddae71d97fb

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

19 August 2020

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