Rhytidosporum procumbens
Rhytidosporum procumbens | |
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Rhytidosporum procumbens in Bunyip State Park, Victoria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Pittosporaceae |
Genus: | Rhytidosporum |
Species: | R. procumbens |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidosporum procumbens (Hook.) F.Muell. | |
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Rhytidosporum procumbens, commonly known as white marianth, is a small perennial plant of the pittosporum family, Pittosporaceae. The species is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has narrow leaves that are 5 to 20 mm long and 1 to 1.5 mm wide. White flowers appear in spring.[1]
The species was first formally described in 1836 as Pittosporum procumbens by English botanist William Jackson Hooker in Companion to the Botanical Magazine. The species was transferred to the genus Rhytidosporum in 1862 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.[2]
References
- ↑ "Rhytidosporum procumbens". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ↑ "Rhytidosporum procumbens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
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