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Billardiera longiflora
2. Pittosporum bicolor with fruit
3. Pittosporum bicolor with flowers
4. Bursaria spinosa
5. Rhytidosporum procumbens |
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Tasmanian Pittosporaceae include a few common Tasmanian native species
(notably Pittosporum bicolor and Bursaria spinosa) and
a couple of introduced species. They are mostly trees or shrubs, although
Billardiera species are woody climbers, and Rhytidosporum
procumbens (as Marianthus procumbens in The Students
Flora of Tasmania) is almost herbaceous. All have five free petals
(although in Pittosporum and Billardiera the petals
are connected by fine hairs to form a tube). They have five free sepals,
five free stamens and a superior ovary with 2-5 fused carpels. |
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