Pittosporum wingii
| 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[3] | |
|
Pittosporum rubiginosum subsp. wingii (F.Muell.) R.C.Cooper | |
Pittosporum wingii, commonly known as the mountain pittosporum or hairy pittosporum, is a shrub or small tree native to tropical Queensland, Australia. It is an understorey plant reaching up to 8 m (26 ft) tall. It occurs in rainforest at a number of different sites, and at altitudes from 150 m (490 ft) to 1,100 m (3,600 ft) above sea level. It was first described in 1885.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Species profile—Pittosporum wingii". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "Pittosporum wingii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Pittosporum wingii F.Muell". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Pittosporum wingii". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Cayzer, Lindy W. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Pittosporum wingii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885). "Definitions of some new Australian plants". Southern Science Record and Magazine of Natural History. New series. 1 (3). Melbourne: J. Wing: 49–50. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Pittosporum wingii.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pittosporum wingii.
- View a map of herbarium records of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- See images of this species on Flickriver.com