Pittosporum tobira

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
Sectio: P. sect. Pittosporum
Species:
Varieties: P. t. var. calvescens – P. t. var. tobira

Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 2: 27, 1811

Homotypic
- Euonymus tobira Thunb. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 208 (1780)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan
- Introduced into:
  - Azores, Baleares, California, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Hainan, Italy, Madeira, Marianas, North Carolina, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, St.Helena, Tunisia, Vietnam

Aiton, W.T. 1811. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn. Vol. II., iii + 432 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL Reference page. [See page 24.]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pittosporum tobira in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Pittosporum tobira. Published online. Accessed: June 30 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Pittosporum tobira. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 June 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pittosporum tobira in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 29 September 2022.