Pittosporaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Pittosporaceae

Japanese pittosporum
Victorian box
bluebell creeper
cheesewood
mock orange
sollya

Hierarchical position of the Family Pittosporaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Cornidae Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.
  
   SuperOrdo  Aralianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 357. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Pittosporales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 10. 17 Sep 1833.
  
   Familia  Pittosporaceae R. Br. in Flinders
pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 542. 19 Jul 1814.
common name: Pittosporums
  

Named members of the Family Pittosporaceae

1
   Genus  Bentleya E.M.Benn.
2
   Tribus  Billardiereae Pax in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 2a: 109. Mar 1891.
  
 
3
   Genus  Billardiera Sm.
pub. (1793)
  
4
   Genus  Bursaria Cav.   
5
   Genus  Cheiranthera A.Cunn. ex Brongn.
6
   Genus  Citriobatus A.Cunn. ex Putt.
7
   Genus  Hymenosporum R.Br. ex F.Muell.
8
   Genus  Marianthus Hugel ex Endl.
syn. Billardiera Sm.
9
   Subfamilia  Pittosporoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 896, 1093, 1127. Jun 1835.
  
 
10
   Tribus  Pittosporeae Rchb.
pub. Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 270. 1-7 Oct 1837.
  
 
11
   Genus  Pittosporum Banks ex Sol.
pub. (1788)
  
12
   Genus  Pronaya Hugel
13
   Genus  Sollya Lindl.
common name: sollya
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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