Abstract: As part of a revision of Chinese Pittosporum Banks ex Gaertn. for the forthcoming account of Pittosporaceae in “Flora of China”, Volume 9, eight names, all described from China, are reduced to synonymy as follows: P. illicioides Makino var. angustifolium T. C. Huang ex S. Y. Lu, syn. nov. and P. illicioides var. stenophyllum P. L. Chiu ex H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan, syn. nov., both under P. illicioides; P. densinervatum H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan, syn. nov. and P. longicarpum S. K. Wu ex C. Y. Wu, syn. nov., both under P. kweichowense Gowda var. kweichowense; P. polycarpum H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan, syn. nov. under P. paniculiferum H. T. Chang & S. Z. Yan; P. membranifolium S. C. Huang ex C. Y. Wu, syn. nov. under P. perryanum Gowda var. perryanum; P. motanthum C. Y. Wu, syn. nov. under P. podocarpum Gagnep. var. podocarpum; and P. tobira (Thunb.) W. T Aiton var. chinense S. Kobayashi, syn. nov. under P. tobira.

Key words: Pittosporaceae, Pittosporum, New synonymies