Biology:Pittosporaceae
| Pittosporaceae | |
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| Hōʻawa (Pittosporum confertiflorum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae R.Br.[1][2] |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 9 genera[3] | |
Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants that consists of 200–240 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 9 genera.[4] Habitats range from tropical to temperate climates of the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Oceanian, and Australasian realms. The type genus is Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertn.[5]
Description
Pittosporaceae are dioecious trees, shrubs, or twining vines, with leaves having pinnate venation, no stipules, and margins that are smooth. Ovaries are superior, often with parietal placentation. The style is undivided and straight, and the stigma is often lobed. The fruit is a capsule or berry with the calyx being shed from the fruit. The seeds are surrounded by sticky pulp that comes from secretions of the placental hairs. The flowers have equal numbers of sepals, petals and stamens.[6]
Genera
(As of January 2023), the following nine genera are placed within this family as accepted by Plants of the World Online:[3]
- Auranticarpa L.W.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
- Bentleya E.M.Benn.
- Billardiera Sm.
- Bursaria Cav.
- Cheiranthera A.Cunn. ex Lindl.
- Hymenosporum R.Br. ex F.Muell. (H. flavum being the sole species)[7]
- Marianthus Hügel
- Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertn.
- Rhytidosporum F.Muell.
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (in en) (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ↑ (in en) Appendix III: General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. In Flinders, Matthew. A Voyage to Terra Australis v 2. 1814. p. 542. https://archive.org/details/generalremarksge00brow/page/542/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 POWO (2023). "Pittosporaceae R.Br." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/30302583-2.
- ↑ Sambamurty, A.V.S.S. (30 December 2013) (in en). Taxonomy of Angiosperms. I. K. International Pvt Ltd. p. 727. ISBN 978-81-88237-16-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=FrdidPp6HuAC&pg=PA727. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ "APNI Pittosporaceae" (in en). IBIS database. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/54485/api/apni-format.
- ↑ Stevens, P.F. (2018). "Pittosporaceae" (in en). http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/.
- ↑ POWO (2023). "Hymenosporum R.Br. ex F.Muell." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/32085-1.
External links
- Family Pittosporaceae on the APWebsite (chapter description and systematics)
Wikidata ☰ Q161261 entry
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