Help identifying a shrub

JJcat · #1 June 26th, 2006, 12:10 AM

hello,

could someone help identify what type of shrub this is? i have not much luck scanning the shrub databases. the plant is very round in shape and we only have it pruned once a year. the leaves are soft and the plant is dense. the leaves are silvery green in color. I've attached a close-up shot of the leaves (cat in background)

thanks!

**jimmyq** · #2 June 26th, 2006, 09:12 AM

could be a Feijoa (recalssified to Acca I think)

**Ron B** · #3 June 26th, 2006, 10:45 AM

It's a mockorange (Pittosporum).

**Michael F** · #4 June 26th, 2006, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Buikema

could be a Feijoa (recalssified to Acca I think)

Other way round! What used to be Acca is now Feijoa. One could say Feijoa a.k.a. Acca . . . .

**jimmyq** · #5 June 26th, 2006, 06:08 PM

Thanks Micheal, I was happy to remember that there was something about it that had been changed. what do you think of the picture here, any input on the id?

**Ron B** · #6 June 26th, 2006, 07:25 PM

RHS Horticultural Database still gives Feijoa as a synonym of Acca, as it has for some time. International Plant Names Index lists them as

Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg [published 1859]

Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret [published 1941]

so it would appear Burret replaced the earlier Feijoa s. with Acca s. in 1941.

**jimmyq** · #7 June 26th, 2006, 08:25 PM

hahaha. k, now I am confused! guess if I use both names it should be ok for now..

**pierrot** · #8 June 28th, 2006, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron B

RHS Horticultural Database still gives Feijoa as a synonym of Acca, as it has for some time. International Plant Names Index lists them as

Feijoa sellowiana (O. Berg) O. Berg [published 1859]

Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret [published 1941]

so it would appear Burret replaced the earlier Feijoa s. with Acca s. in 1941.

in this case if the name Feijoa was validly published then it should be the name we use as it is the older one. no?

**Ron B** · #9 June 28th, 2006, 10:40 PM

Don't know what Burret's argument was or more recent views are, just that Acca started appearing as correct name several years ago in references that were using Feijoa before then.

newtoplants · #10 June 29th, 2006, 08:46 AM

Jjcats,

I am just very curious, what is the black thing behind the plant? (lol, it looks like a human head to me) Daniel, sorry for a reply that's not related to the query, I can't help to ask. Thanks.

***Daniel Mosquin*** · #11 June 29th, 2006, 08:57 AM

JJcat mentions it is a cat in the background - no problem re: the slightly off-topic question.

**David in L A** · #12 June 29th, 2006, 09:41 AM

The genus was named in 1856 and contained the species Acca domingensis. Feijoa was named in 1858 but the first species, F.sellowiana, wasn't named until the following year. Burret lumped Feijoa into Acca.

**pierrot** · #13 June 29th, 2006, 02:38 PM

David

Thank you for clearing the names up.

**Michael F** · #14 June 29th, 2006, 05:07 PM

Thanks for the clarification! Looks like my books are out of date.