Rhytidosporum
Rhytidosporum procumbens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Rhytidosporum
F.Muell.[1][2]
Species

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Rhytidosporum is a genus of flowering plants within the family Pittosporaceae.[1][2] The type species is Rhytidosporum procumbens (Hook.) F.Muell.[3]

Description

Rhytidosporum 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rhytidosporum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 von Mueller, F.J.H. (1862) Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 75. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ↑ McGillivray, D. (1975) Billardiera Sm. and Rhytidosporum F. Muell.(Pittosporaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 1, 55-57.doi:10.7751/telopea19753107
  4. ↑ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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