Rhytidosporum procumbens

Rhytidosporum procumbens
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.
Synonyms
Billardiera procumbens (Hook.) E.M.Benn. Bursaria procumbens (Hook.) Putt. Bursaria stuartiana F.Muell. ex Klatt Campylanthera ericoides Lindl. Marianthus procumbens (Hook.) Benth. Pittosporum nanum Hook. Pittosporum procumbens Hook. Pronaya ericoides (Lindl.) Walp. Rhytidosporum procumbens F.Muell. nom. inval. Rhytidosporum stuartianum F.Muell. nom. inval. Rhytidosporum stuartianum F.Muell. ex Hook.f.

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

1. ^ "Rhytidosporum procumbens". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rhytidosporum~procumbens. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Rhytidosporum procumbens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Rhytidosporum+procumbens. Retrieved 18 August 2011.