Pittosporum spinescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Pittosporum
Species:

Pittosporum spinescens (F.Muell.) L.W.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford, 2000

Homotypic
- Citriobatus spinescens (F.Muell.) Druce in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 615 (1917)
- Ixiosporum spinescens F.Muell. in Fragm. 2: 76 (1860)
Heterotypic
- Citriobatus javanicus Boerl. & Koord.-Schum. in Icon. Bogor.: t. lxxvii (1901)
- Citriobatus megacarpus F.Muell. in Fragm. 2: 76 (1860), not validly publ.
- Citriobatus papuanus Schodde in Austral. J. Bot., Suppl. Ser. 3: 5 (1972)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is. Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Cayzer L.W., Crisp M.D., & Telford I.R.H. 2000. Auranticarpa, a new genus of Pittosporaceae from northern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 13(6): 903–917. DOI: 10.1071/SB99022 Reference page. : 13: 865

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pittosporum spinescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Pittosporum spinescens. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2025. Reference page.