Rhytidosporum
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Rhytidosporum is a genus
of flowering plant
s within the family Pittosporaceae
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The species, which are endemic to Australia
, include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s within the family Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family includes approximately 200 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 9-10 genera. The species of Pittosporaceae range from tropical to temperate climates of the Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Oceania, and Australasia ecozones.-Genera:* Auranticarpa...
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The species, which are endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, include:
- Rhytidosporum alpinum McGill.
- Rhytidosporum diosmoides (Putt.) L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
- Rhytidosporum inconspicuum L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
- Rhytidosporum procumbensRhytidosporum procumbensRhytidosporum 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...
(Hook.) F.Muell. - White Marianth - Rhytidosporum prostratum McGill.