Mountain pittosporum | |
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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 | |
Pittosporum rubiginosum subsp. wingii(F.Muell.) R.C.Cooper |
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