Pittosporum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158896
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Pittosporum

Summary

Pittosporum is a taxon[1]. Pittosporum ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month, #1,381 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pittosporum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pittosporum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pittosporum is classified within Pittosporaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pittosporum is Pittosporum[6].
  • Pittosporum's Commons category is recorded as Pittosporum[7].
  • Pittosporum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pittosporum[8].
  • Pittosporum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 35(2)[9].
  • Pittosporum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9461[10].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cheesewood'}[11].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Klebsamen'}[12].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Αγγελικούλα'}[13].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Pitosforo'}[14].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Pittosporo'}[15].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'トベラ属'}[16].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '海桐花属'}[17].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐属'}[18].
  • Pittosporum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐花属'}[19].
  • Pittosporum's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pittosporum is Pittosporum[6]. Pittosporum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pittosporum belongs to the parent taxon Pittosporaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cheesewood'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Klebsamen'}[12], {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Αγγελικούλα'}[13], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Pitosforo'}[14], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Pittosporo'}[15], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'トベラ属'}[16].

Identifiers

Pittosporum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51597[21]. Pittosporum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 23129[22]. Pittosporum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60745[23]. Pittosporum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2986233[24]. Pittosporum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 24066[25].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Pittosporum include 9306 Pittosporum[26], an asteroid[27].

Why It Matters

Pittosporum ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (597 views/month, #1,381 of 195,241).[2] Pittosporum has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Pittosporum is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for Pittosporum include 9306 Pittosporum[26], an asteroid[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 35(2). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Pittosporaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Has fruit type capsule
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