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Pittosporaceae - Cheesewood family
Literature
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Cufodontis, G. (1960) Pittosporaceae FZ 1(1)
Description of the family
Trees or shrubs. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, simple, ± coriaceous, evergreen, entire (in ours). Inflorescences cymose or paniculate. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals 4-6, free or connate. Petals 4-6. Ovary superior, 1-locular with 2 carpels (in ours). Fruit a capsule. Seeds covered in a sticky resin (in ours). Worldwide: 9 genera and 200 species, tropical and warm Old World, especially Australia. |
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Links to genera: (1) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Pittosporum Banks ex Soland. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pittosporaceae:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pittosporaceae pageFlora of Mozambique: Pittosporaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pittosporaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
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