Rhytidosporum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Rhytidosporum
Species: R. alpinum – R. diosmoides – R. inconspicuum – R. procumbens – R. prostratum
Name

Rhytidosporum F.Muell., Pl. Victoria 1: 75. (1862)
Type species: Rhytidosporum procumbens (Hook.) F.Muell., Pl. Victoria 1: 75 (1862)

References

Mueller, F.J.H. von 1862. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 75.
Chandler G.T., Plunkett G.M., Pinney S.M., Cayzer L.W., & Gemmill C.E.C. 2007. Molecular and morphological agreement in Pittosporaceae: phylogenetic analysis with nuclear ITS and plastid trnL–trnF sequence data. Australian Systematic Botany 20(5): 390–401. DOI: 10.1071/SB07004 Reference page. Presents evidence that this genus is distinct from other genera in the family.
Rhytidosporum in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2022. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 6.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Rhytidosporum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Rhytidosporum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 6 2022.

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]

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

"Rhytidosporum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
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.