Pittosporum viridiflorum

Pittosporum viridiflorum

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:

Name

Pittosporum viridiflorum Sims, 1814

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Pittosporum abyssinicum var. angolense Oliv. in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 124 (1868)
    • Pittosporum antunesii Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 130 (1902)
    • Pittosporum arbutifolium DC. in Prodr. 1: 346 (1824)
    • Pittosporum capense DC. in Prodr. 1: 346 (1824)
    • Pittosporum commutatum Putt. in Syn. Pittosp.: 10 (1839)
    • Pittosporum dalzielii Hutch. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 157 (1927)
    • Pittosporum feddeanum Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 622 (1907)
    • Pittosporum kapiriense Cufod. in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 32: 61 (1958)
    • Pittosporum kruegeri Engl. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 26 (1898)
    • Pittosporum lynesii Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 84 (1952)
    • Pittosporum malosanum Baker in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 244 (1897)
    • Pittosporum mannii Hook.f. in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 5 (1861)
    • Pittosporum mannii subsp. ripicola (J.Léonard) Cufod. in Fl. Zambes. 1: 302 (1960)
    • Pittosporum quartinianum Cufod. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 132 (1951)
    • Pittosporum rhodesicum Cufod. in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 25: 102 (1951)
    • Pittosporum ripicola J.Léonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 47 (1950)
    • Pittosporum ripicola subsp. katangense Leonard in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 227 (1950)
    • Pittosporum sinense Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 231 (1815)
    • Pittosporum spathicalyx De Wild. in Pl. Bequaert. 2: 45 (1923)
    • Pittosporum ustulatum Cufod. in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 166 (1960)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. afrorientale Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 63 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum var. afrorientale (Cufod.) Cufod. in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 164 (1960)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. angolense (Oliv.) Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 62 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. arabicum Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 72 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum var. commutatum (Putt.) Moeser ex Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 850 (1915)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. dalzielii (Hutch.) Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 65 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. feddeanum (Pax) Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 66 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. kruegeri (Engl.) Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 68 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum var. kruegeri (Engl.) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III; 1): 850 (1915)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum var. malosanum (Baker) Cufod. in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 164 (1960)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. malosanum (Baker) Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 71 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. meianthum Cufod. in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 30 (1954)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. quartinianum (Cufod.) Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 69 (1952)
    • Pittosporum viridiflorum subsp. somalense Cufod. in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 55: 64 (1952)
    • Pittosporum vosseleri Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 371 (1909)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Africa
      • Angola, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Nigeria
    • Regional: Central Africa
      • Burundi, Central African Republic, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
    • ' Madagascar
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Yemen
    • Introduced into:
      • Ascension, Hawaii, St.Helena

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Sims, J. 1814. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. XXXIX pp. 1592–1635. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page.  41: t. 1684. 1814

Additional references

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Vernacular names

  • Afrikaans: Kasuur, Witboekenhout
  • English: Cheesewood, White cape beech
  • Sesotho: Kgalagangwe (N), Mosetlela (S)
  • Xitsonga: Mpustinya-poqo, Nkasur
  • Tshivenda: Mutanzwakhamelo, Mulondwane
  • isiXhosa: umKhwenkwe
  • isiZulu: umVusamvu, umFusamvu, umKhwenkwe