Pittosporaceae is a
family
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of
flowering plant
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s that consists of 200–240 species of
tree
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s,
shrub
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s, and
liana
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s in 9
genera
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.
Habitats range from tropical to temperate climates of the
Afrotropical
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,
Indomalayan,
Oceanian
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, and
Australasian realm
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s. The type genus is ''Pittosporum''
Banks
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Description
Pittosporaceae are dioecious
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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.][Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards) Pittosporaceae at 'Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012 nd more or less continuously updated since.' Available at http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/ Retrieved 6 July 2018.]
Genera
* ''Auranticarpa'' L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
* ''Bentleya''
* ''Billardiera'' James Edward Smith (botanist), Sm.
* ''Bursaria'' Antonio José Cavanilles, Cav.
* ''Cheiranthera'' Allan Cunningham (botanist), A.Cunn. ex Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Brongn.
* ''Citriobatus
''Pittosporum'' ( or ) is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa. ' ...
'' A.Cunn. ex Putt.
* '' Hymenosporum'' R.Br. ex F.Muell.
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(''H. flavum'' being the sole species)
* '' Marianthus''
* '' Pittosporum'' Banks & Sol. ex Gartn.
* '' Rhytidosporum''
References
External links
Family Pittosporaceae
on the
(chapter description and systematics)
Asterid families
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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