Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Apiales

Pittosporaceae - Cheesewood family

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Cufodontis, G. (1960) Pittosporaceae Flora Zambesiaca 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.

Zimbabwe: 1 genus and 1 taxon.

Pittosporum viridiflorum var. viridiflorum

Links to genera: 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:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Pittosporaceae
Flora of Burundi: Pittosporaceae
Flora of the DRC: Pittosporaceae
Flora of Malawi: Pittosporaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Pittosporaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Pittosporaceae
Flora of Zambia: Pittosporaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pittosporaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pittosporaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pittosporaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pittosporaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pittosporaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pittosporaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pittosporaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Pittosporaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pittosporaceae
Wikipedia: Pittosporaceae
Plants of the World Online: Pittosporaceae
Tropicos: Pittosporaceae