Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertn.
(pittosporums)

Interactions where Pittosporum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		has sap sucked by			Trioza vitreoradiata	Pittosporum Psyllid	Hemiptera: Triozidae	Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain, Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Triozidae/Trioza vitreoradiata/	Trioza vitreoradiata	pittosporum psyllid					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums								sucks sap of
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Icerya purchasi	Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale	Hemiptera: Monoplebidae	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Monoplebidae/Icerya purchasi/	Icerya purchasi	fluted scale, cottony cushion scale					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums		live			Major			sucks sap of live
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by colony of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph			Microsphaeropsis pittospororum	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Diplodia pittospororum and Diplodia pittospori, Laundon, G., 1984	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Microsphaeropsis pittospororum/	Microsphaeropsis pittospororum	a coelomycete			colony	Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums		live	leaf					colony of Diplodia coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by fruitbody			Flammulina velutipes var velutipes	Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/	Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes	velvet shank, winter fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums		dead	wood				(mainly winter)	fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood
wood (decayed)		decayed wood is decayed by basidiome			Ceriporia viridans	a basidiomycete fungus	Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Ceriporia viridans/	Ceriporia viridans	a basidiomycete fungus				basidiome	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums		decayed	wood		Minor			basidiome is saprobic on decayed wood
wood (fallen, decayed)		fallen, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody			Byssomerulius corium	Netted Crust	Polyporales: Phanerochaetaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Phanerochaetaceae/Byssomerulius corium/	Byssomerulius corium	netted crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums		fallen, decayed	wood		Minor			fruitbody is saprobic on fallen, decayed wood
wood (moribund)		moribund wood is parasitised by fruitbody			Flammulina velutipes var velutipes	Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/	Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes	velvet shank, winter fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Pittosporum/	Pittosporum	pittosporums		moribund	wood					fruitbody parasitises moribund wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Laundon, G., 1984	Diplodia pittospororum and Diplodia pittospori	TBMS Vol 83 (1): 164-166.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J., 2003	Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 89-93.
Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 145-153.

Pittosporum (pittosporums) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Pittosporum tenuifolium Kohuhu				Species		1 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Pittosporum (pittosporums)
Family	PITTOSPORACEAE (pittosporums)
Order	APIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pittosporum (pittosporums)

Pittosporum (pittosporums) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pittosporum (pittosporums):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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