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Pittosporum (cheesewood)
Taxonomy
Pittosporum was named by Banks (1788). It is extant.
It was assigned to Pittosporaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).
It was assigned to Pittosporaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1788 | Pittosporum Banks |
| 1976 | Pittosporum Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Pittosporum Chauhan |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Pittosporum illicioides (22819) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Pittosporum tanaii (24474) Pittosporum tanaii, Pittosporum ubense (24481) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Pittosporum illicioides (22796) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Pittosporum sp. (222695) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | Pittosporum illicioides (21224) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Pittosporum eriocarpum (224612) |