Details for: NA 87313, Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton, (variegated selection)


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton
Top Name:
(variegated selection)
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 2023
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton
Top Name:
(variegated selection)
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 2023
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
(variegated selection)
Type: Other or unclassified name

NA 87313
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Pittosporum tobira (variegated selection). An unusual variegated pittosporum of uncertain origin, but probably was raised from an undocumented cutting of NA 79528 ('Kansai Sunburst', from Asiatica) that has apparently been growing in the center of the Japanese Stroll Garden at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum for some years. Parts resemble 'Kansai Sunburst' (see NA 79528), but the variegation is quite variable and significantly different on many sections of the plant, with much more diffuse, flecked cream variegation not arranged in any marginal pattern at all. The variegation fades to mostly green on most older leaves, but older leaves on certain portions of the plant are retaining the coloration well, even in the winter. This bears watching because the species tends to be lacking in hardiness, and this selection as it appears at accessioning does not agree perfectly with any known named cultivars and could be unique, or could produce unique (and hopefully stable) selections through propagation of certain branches. [Further update, May 2, 2023: new growth does resemble that of 'Kansai Sunburst' on the majority of the plant, but various branches are producing mostly solid cream new growth that later fades to green with subtle gray-cream flecking; these portions more closely resemble 'Spring Bouquet', but are not quite the same color in new (creamier) or mature (more flecked with variegation) growth.] -SBL Form received: rooted cutting.
Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton
Genus:
Pittosporum
Family:
Pittosporaceae
Nomen number:

28756
Place of publication:

Hortus kew. ed. 2, 2:27. 1811
Comment:
the generic treatment and the species description in Hortus kewensis is not attributed to "Brown mss." so W. T. Aiton is the author of the name (see Shenzhen ICN Art. 46 Ex. 25)
Verified:
03/10/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Euonymus tobira Thunb.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAustralian-laurel  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
EnglishJapanese pittosporum  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishmock orange  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Germanchinesischer Klebsame  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanPechsame  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Japanese Rōmajitobera  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: lists as Pittosporum tobira (Willd.) Aiton
Portuguese (Brazil)lágrima-sabéia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)pau-de-incenso  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)pitósporo-japonês  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishglansbuske  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesehai tong  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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