Rhytidosporum is a genus of flowering plants within the family Pittosporaceae.[1][2] The type species is Rhytidosporum procumbens (Hook.) F.Muell.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Rhytidosporum F.Muell.[1][2] |
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Description
editRhytidosporum species are generally small herbs, or low shrubs, with alternate leaves which are often toothed at the apex.[2] The flowers are small, generally solitary, and occur both in the axils and terminally.[2] The five equal petals are white often tinged with red.[2] The anthers shed their pollen longitudinally.[2] The capsule is stalkless, with generally two locules.[2] The seeds are dry, wrinkled and wingless.[2]
There are five species, which are endemic to Australia:[1][4]
- Rhytidosporum alpinum McGill.
- Rhytidosporum diosmoides (Putt.) L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
- Rhytidosporum inconspicuum L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
- Rhytidosporum procumbens (Hook.) F.Muell. - White marianth
- Rhytidosporum prostratum McGill.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rhytidosporum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h von Mueller, F.J.H. (1862) Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 75. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ McGillivray, D. (1975) Billardiera Sm. and Rhytidosporum F. Muell.(Pittosporaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 1, 55-57.doi:10.7751/telopea19753107
- ^ Cayzer, L.W., Crisp, M.D. & Telford, I.R.H. (1999). "Revision of Rhytidosporum (Pittosporaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 12 (5): 700. doi:10.1071/SB97050.
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