Kingdom Plantae Family Pittosporaceae Rank Species | Order Apiales Genus Rhytidosporum | |
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Similar Coronidium scorpioides, Pterostylis melagramma, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Platylobium formosum, Dianella admixta | ||
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.
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.
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