Species

Pittosporum divaricatum

Etymology

Pittosporum: pitch seed
divaricatum: wide spreading

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Authority

Pittosporum divaricatum Cockayne

Family

Pittosporaceae

Brief Description

Hard shrub with thick wide-angled pale branches bearing small leathery leaves of two forms on the same plant: smooth oval leaves and deeply-lobed leaves. Flowers dark red, inconspicuous. Fruit a capsule splitting into two rough-surfaced halves to show the 2-6 black seeds.

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

PITDIV

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Synonyms

Pittosporum lineare Laing et Gourlay

Flower Colours

Red / Pink

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 24

Endemic Taxon

Yes

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No

Cultural Use/Importance

Pittosporum lineare Laing et Gourlay is treated here as a synonym because it grades into P. divaricatum. Some plants of P. lineare when cultivated have developed leaf morphologies consistent with P. divaricatum.

  



This page last updated on 6 Dec 2014