Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus casticum P.Willemet

First published in Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 55 (1796)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Indian Ocean. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ralimanana, H. & Hoffmann, P. (2011 publ. 2012). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands: synopsis and subgenera Isocladus, Betsileani, Kirganelia and Tenellanthus. Kew Bulletin 66: 331-365.

Kew Bulletin

  • (1796: 55).
  • Baillon, H. (1858). Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées. Victor Masson, Paris.
  • Baillon, H. (1861). Recueil périodique d’observations botaniques. Adansonia 2: 47 – 51.
  • Brunel, J. F. & Roux, J. (1981). Phyllantheae de Madagascar II: à propos du complexe Phyllanthus nummulariaefolius [sic] Poir. — Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, série 4, 3, section B, Adansonia 2: 185 – 199.
  • Brunel, J. F. (1987). Sur le genre Phyllanthus L. et quelques genres voisins de la Tribu des Phyllantheae Dumort. (Euphorbiaceae, Phyllantheae) en Afrique intertropicale et à Madagascar. Thèse doctorale, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg.
  • De Candolle, A. (1901). Plantae Madagascarienses ab Alberto Mocquerysio lectae. Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 1: 549 – 587.
  • Dorr, L. J. (1997). Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles. Editions de l’ORSTOM, Paris.
  • Gmelin, J. F. (1792). Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 2 (2). G. E. Beer, Leipzig.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D. G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (with Pandaceae), vols 1 – 4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. (2003). Transfer of Madagascan Glochidion to Phyllanthus. Novon 13: 307 – 310.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN, Gland and Cambridge.
  • Jussieu, A. L. de (1789). Genera Plantarum. Herissant & Barrois, Paris.
  • Jussieu, A. L. de (1824). De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque Earumdem Viribus Tentamen. Didot, Paris.
  • Kathriarachchi, H., Hoffmann, P., Samuel, R., Wurdack, K. J. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from 5 genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3’ ndhF, rbcL) and nuclear PHYC. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 36: 112 – 134.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Kathriarachchi, H., Samuel, R., Hoffmann, P., Mlinarec, J., Wurdack, K. J., Ralimanana, H., Stuessy, T. F. & Chase, M. W. (2006). Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 93: 637 – 655.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Leandri, J. (1933). Nouveaux Phyllanthus de Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 371 – 373.
  • Leandri, J. (1934). Espèces et localités nouvelles d’Euphorbiacées d’Afrique et Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 449 – 454.
  • Leandri, J. (1938). Contribution à l’étude des Euphorbiacées de Madagascar (suite). Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 185 – 199.
  • Leandri, J. (1939). Contribution à l’étude des Euphorbiacées de Madagascar. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 168 – 187.
  • Leandri, J. (1957). Notes systématiques sur les Euphorbiacées, Phyllanthus de Madagascar. Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar 8: 205 – 234.
  • Leandri, J. (1958). Euphorbiaceae I (Phyllanthoideae). In: H. Humbert (ed.), Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, 111ème famille 1: 1 – 199. Firmin-Didot, Paris.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum, ed. 1, 2. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
  • McNeill, J., Barrie, F. R., Burdet, H. M., Demoulin, V., Hawksworth, D. L., Marhold, K., Nicolson, D. H., Prado, J., Silva, P. C., Skog, J. E., Wiersema, J. H. & Turland, N. J. (2006). International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Regnum Veg. 146: 1 – 568.
  • Müller, J. (1863). Euphorbiaceae. Vorläufige Mittheilungen aus dem für De Candolle’s Prodromus bestimmten Manuscript über diese Familie. Linnaea 32: 1 – 126.
  • Müller, J. (1866). Euphorbiaceae. In: A. De Candolle (ed.), Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2), pp. 189 – 1286. Victor Masson, Paris.
  • Persoon, C. H. (1807). Synopsis Plantarum 2. C. F. Cramer, Paris & J. G. Cotta, Tübingen.
  • Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1985). Notes on African Euphorbiaceae: XVI. Kew Bull. 40: 657 – 658.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Roxburgh, W. (1832). Flora Indica, ed. 2, vol. 3. W. Thacker & Co., Calcutta & Parbury, Allan & Co., London.
  • Samuel, R., Kathriarachchi, H., Hoffmann, P., Barfuss, M., Wurdack, K. J. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of Phyllanthaceae: Evidence from plastid matK and nuclear PHYC sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 132 – 141.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  • Stafleu, F. A. & Cowan, R. S. (1976). Taxonomic Literature I: A – G. Regnum Veg. 94: 1 – 1136. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht.
  • Webster, G. L. & Miller K. L. (1963). The genus Reverchonia (Euphorbiaceae). Rhodora 65: 193 – 207.
  • Webster, G. L. (1955). Studies of the Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthoideae I. Taxonomic notes on the West Indian species of Phyllanthus. Contr. Gray Herb. Harv. Univ. 176: 45 – 63.
  • Webster, G. L. (1956 – 1958). A monographic study of the West Indian species of Phyllanthus. J. Arnold Arbor. 37: 91 – 122, 217 – 268, 340 – 359; 38: 51 – 80, 170 – 198, 295 – 373; 39: 49 – 100, 111 – 212.
  • Webster, G. L. (1967). The genera of the Euphorbiaceae in the Southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 303 – 431.
  • Willdenow, C. L. (1805). Species plantarum, ed. 4, vol. 4.1. G. C. Nauk, Berlin.
  • Willemet, P. (1796). Herbarium Mauritianum. Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 1 – 66.
  • Wurdack, K. J., Hoffmann, P., Samuel, R., de Bruijn, A., van der Bank, M. & Chase, M. W. (2004). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid rbcL DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1882 – 1990.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
  • Ralimanana, H. & Hoffmann, P. (2011 publ. 2012). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands: synopsis and subgenera Isocladus, Betsileani, Kirganelia and Tenellanthus. Kew Bulletin 66: 331-365.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bardot-Vaucoulon, M.; Rakotondrainibe, F. [1895] Madagascar K001612678 Yes
Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, A.P.D.; Wilkin, P. [2517] Madagascar K:SPC-74882.000 No
Randrianarivony, T.; Rakotoarivony, F.; Fagnarena, M. [929] Madagascar K001870047 Yes

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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