Pittosporum wingii

Pittosporum wingii, sometimes known as the mountain pittosporum or hairy pittosporum, is a shrub or small tree growing in tropical Queensland in Australia. It may reach 9 metres tall, growing in rainforest or moist eucalyptus areas. It grows in a variety of different sites, in the forest understory from 150 metres to 1100 metres above sea level[3]

Mountain pittosporum
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Pittosporum
Species:
P. wingii
Binomial name
Pittosporum wingii
Synonyms

Pittosporum rubiginosum subsp. wingii (F.Muell.) R.C.Cooper

References

  1. Mueller, F.J.H. von (March 1885). "Definitions of some new Australian plants" (Digitised archive copy, online, from biodiversitylibrary.org). Southern Science Record. New series. 1 (3): 49–50. Retrieved 6 Dec 2014.
  2. "Pittosporum wingii F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Pittosporum wingii". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 14 Mar 2013.


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