PLANTS Profile for Pittosporum (cheesewood)

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PLANTS Profile

Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.
cheesewood

Symbol:

PITTO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Pittosporaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. New Zealand, Wellington, Otari Botanical Garden. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.

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Distribution:
Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, FL, GA, HI, NC)

Related Taxa:
Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.

View 3 genera in Pittosporaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Pittosporum argentifolium Sherff. .

Pittosporum argentifolium
Hawai'i poisonberry tree

Distribution of Pittosporum confertiflorum A. Gray. .

Pittosporum confertiflorum
ho'awa

Distribution of Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A. Cunn.. .

Pittosporum crassifolium
stiffleaf cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum flocculosum (Hillebr.) Sherff. .

Pittosporum flocculosum
Waianae Range cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum gayanum Rock. .

Pittosporum gayanum
Waialeale cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum glabrum Hook. & Arn.. .

Pittosporum glabrum
Koolau Range cheesewood

Pittosporum halophilum

Distribution of Pittosporum hawaiiense Hillebr.. .

Pittosporum hawaiiense
Hawai'i cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum hosmeri Rock. .

Pittosporum hosmeri
Kona cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum kauaiense Hillebr.. .

Pittosporum kauaiense
Kauai cheesewood

Pittosporum ×monae

Distribution of Pittosporum napaliense Sherff. .

Pittosporum napaliense
royal cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum pentandrum (Blanco) Merr.. .

Pittosporum pentandrum
Taiwanese cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum ralphii Kirk. . Image Available.

Pittosporum ralphii
Ralph's desertwillow

Distribution of Pittosporum resiniferum Hemsl.. .

Pittosporum resiniferum
resin cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum tenuifolium Gaertn.. .

Pittosporum tenuifolium
tawhiwhi

Distribution of Pittosporum terminalioides Planch. ex A. Gray. .

Pittosporum terminalioides
cream cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton. . Image Available.

Pittosporum tobira
Japanese cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum undulatum Vent.. . Image Available.

Pittosporum undulatum
Australian cheesewood

Distribution of Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims. . Image Available.

Pittosporum viridiflorum
Cape cheesewood

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Pittosporaceae – Pittosporum family
Genus	Pittosporum Banks ex Sol. – cheesewood

More Accounts and Images:
Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24066.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 02/16/2009 02:48 PM MST