Pittosporum phillyreoides

Pittosporum phillyreoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Pittosporum
Species: P. phillyreoides
Binomial name
Pittosporum phillyreoides
[[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle]|DC.]]

Pittosporum phillyreoides, with the common names weeping pittosporum and willow pittosporum, is a shrub or small columnar tree in the Apiales order, endemic to Australia.[1]

Taxonomy

Botanist and taxonomist George Bentham combined this species and Pittosporum ligustrifolium with Pittosporum angustifolium. All three were re-split in a 2000 classification revision, with the weeping foliage of P. angustifolium apparently distinguishing it from the other two species.[2]

However, in the 2001 ARS Systematic Botanists revision, Pittosporum phillyreoides was recombined and became a synonym for Pittosporum angustifolium. [3]

Distribution

The 'original true' Pittosporum phillyreoides named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was only native to a narrow coastal strip of northern Western Australia.

When considered as the synonym, Pittosporum angustifolium is native across Australia in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory. [4]

Cultivation

Pittosporum phillyreoides, a name still seen used in the plant nursery trade, is cultivated as an ornamental tree for planting in gardens. It has a somewhat columnar growth with weeping form and foliage texture, and is drought tolerant once established.

References

  1. ↑ [http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:375720
  2. ↑ "Revision of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Australia". Cayzer Lindy W., Crisp Michael D., Telford Ian R. H. (2000) Revision of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 13 , 845–902. CSIRO. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  3. ↑ U.S. National Plant Germplasm System—GRIN.gov: Pittosporum phillyreoides, Synonym of Pittosporum angustifolium; Name Verified on: Nov-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists; (Last Changed: 04-Feb-2007); . accessed 7.7.2017.
  4. ↑ U.S. National Plant Germplasm System—GRIN.gov: Pittosporum angustifolium Lodd. et al. (synonym: Pittosporum phillyreoides) . accessed 7.7.2017.
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