Pittosporum tinifolium, P. ferrugineum subsp. ferrugineum and P. venulosum


Pittosporum tinifolium A.Cunn.
Pittosporum ferrugineum subsp. ferrugineum W.T.Aiton
Pittosporum venulosum F.Muell.

Pittosporum tinifolium and Pittosporum ferrugineum subsp. ferrugineum share the following key features:
• "adult leaves with <8 secondary veins"
• "anthers not sagittate usually of the same height"

Pittosporum tinifolium diagnostic key features:
(ex. P. ... linifolium (sic) which was an old spelling error, the correct is: l→t ):
• "leaves mostly ovate to broad-elliptic"
• "rapidly glabrescent"
• "petioles 10–15 mm long"
• "floral axis prominently separated from vegetative axis by a stout rachis to 40–50 mm long"

Pittosporum ferrugineum subsp. ferrugineum comparison diagnostic key features :
• "leaves mainly narrow-elliptic"
• "golden hairs persistent"
• "petioles to 25 mm long"
• "inflorescences often almost sessile on short shoots in leaf axils"

Pittosporum venulosum comparison diagnostic key features:
• "adult leaves with 8–12 secondary veins"
• "anthers sagittate, often at differing heights"
• "hair colour golden brown"
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References:

• Via KeyBase:
Flowering plants of Queensland:
Species of Pittosporum
Adapted from:
Cayzer, Lindy W., Mike D. Crisp and Ian R. H. Telford (2000)
Revision of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Australia.
Australian Systematic Botany 13 : 845–902.
https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/6188
Viewed: 2023 April 23rd.

• Via KeyBase:
Flora of Australia: vascular plants:
Species of Pittosporum
Adapted from:
Cayzer, Lindy W., Mike D. Crisp and Ian R. H. Telford (2000)
Revision of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Australia.
Australian Systematic Botany 13 : 845–902.
https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/966
Viewed: 2023 April 23rd.

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC):
accepted name for this taxon concept:
https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/99697/api/apni-format
Viewed: 2023 April 23rd.

• Cayzer, Lindy W. and Greg T. Chandler (2017)
Pittosporum tinifolium A.Cunn.:
a corrected name and reinstatement at species level for the Queensland species currently known as the rusty-leaved pittosporum, Pittosporum ferrugineum subspecies linifolium (A.Cunn.) L.Cayzer et al. (Pittosporaceae).
Austrobaileya 10 (1) : 205–206
PDF 367 KB: → https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/69041/cayzer-chandler-austrobaileya-v10s1-p205-206.pdf .

• Cayzer, Lindy W.
Pittosporum
In Phillip G. Kodela and R. O. Makinson (ed's)
Flora of Australia.
Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
Online current updated version of the original published books editions (inclusive of the key),
here: → https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Pittosporum .
Viewed: 2023 April 23rd.

• Cayzer, Lindy W., Mike D. Crisp and Ian R. H. Telford (2000)
Revision of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Australia.
Australian Systematic Botany 13 : 845–902.
PDF available: → https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230854070_Revision_of_Pittosporum_Pittosporaceae_in_Australia
Viewed: 2023 April 24th.

• Cayzer, Lindy W. and Chandler, Greg T. (2018)
Pittosporum ridleyi (Pittosporaceae), a new name for the ‘rusty-leaved’ pittosporum in Malaysia.
Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 70, 397-404.
PDF available: → https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/research/publications/the-gardens'-bulletin-singapore/-/media/sbg/gardens-bulletin/gbs_70_02_y2018_v70_02/70_02_397_y2018_v70p2_gbs_pg397.pdf
Viewed: 2023 April 24th.

• Cayzer, Lindy W. (2016)
—Churchill Fellow:
The Australian Biological Resources Study Churchill Fellowship to unlock critical taxonomic information on the Pittosporaceae in overseas herbaria
Report:
An archaeological dig through the information and specimens held on the Australian plant family Pittosporaceae R.Br. in overseas herbaria and botanic gardens
Report PDF file available linked herein:
https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/project/the-australian-biological-resources-study-churchill-fellowship-to-unlock-critical-taxonomic-information-on-the-pittosporaceae-in-overseas-herbaria/
Viewed: 2023 April 24th.

• Cayzer, Lindy W., Tim M. A. Utteridge and Greg T. Chandler (2023 July 27)
Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Malesia.
Australian Systematic Botany 36 (3): 206–275
( Submitted: 11 February 2022; Accepted: 18 June 2023 )
https://doi.org/10.1071/SB22007
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Posted on April 23, 2023 07:19 AM by stewartj-54_2014- stewartj-54_2014-

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