PLANTS Profile for Pittosporum tobira (Japanese cheesewood)

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Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton
Japanese cheesewood

Symbol:

PITO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Pittosporaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Australia. Usage Requirements.

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Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton

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Distribution:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, FL, GA, NC)

Related Taxa:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton

View 3 genera in Pittosporaceae, 20 species in Pittosporum

Classification:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Pittosporaceae – Pittosporum family
Genus	Pittosporum Banks ex Sol. – cheesewood
Species	Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton – Japanese cheesewood

Introduced Information:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W.T. Aiton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24067.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 03:06 AM CST