Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus vergens Baill.

First published in A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar, Atlas: 225 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Madagascar. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar

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.

Kew Bulletin

  • Baillon, H. (1892). In: A. Grandidier, Histoire Physique, Naturelle et politique de. Madagascar 2: 225. Paris.
  • 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.
  • Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. (2003). Transfer of Madagascan Glochidion to Phyllanthus. Novon 13: 307 – 310.
  • Hoffmann, P., Kathriarachchi, H. & Wurdack, K. J. (2006). A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bull. 61: 37 – 53.
  • Humbert, H. (ed.) (1965). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, 111ème famille. Firmin-Didot, Paris.
  • IUCN (2012). IUCN Red list Categories and Criteria : Version 3.1, second edition. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland.
  • 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 (4): 637 – 655.
  • Kato, M. & Kawakita, M. (2017a). Ecological reserach monograph. Obligate pollination mutualism. Springer, Japan.
  • Kato, M., & Kawakita, A. (2017b). Biology of the obligate pollination Mutualism. In M. Kato & A. Kawakita (eds), Obligate Pollination Mutualism: p. 63 – 80. Springer, Japan.
  • Kato, M., Takimura, A. & Kawakita, A. (2003). An obligate pollination mutualism and reciprocal diversification in the tree genus Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 5264 – 5267.
  • Kawakita, A & Kato, M. (2004b). Obligate pollination mutualism in Breynia (Phyllanthaceae): further documentation of pollination mutualism involving Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae). Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1319 – 1325.
  • Kawakita, A, & Kato, M. (2009). Repeated independent evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the Phyllantheae-Epicephala association. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B, Biol. Sci. 276: 417 – 426.
  • Kawakita, A. & Kato, M. (2004a). Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in New Caledonian Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 91: 410 – 415.
  • Kawakita, A., & Kato, M. (2006). Assessment of the diversity and species specificity of the mutualistic association between Epicephala moths and Glochidion trees. Molec. Ecol. 15: 3567 – 3581.
  • Leandri, J. (1934). Espèces et localités nouvelles d’Euphorbiacées d’Afrique et Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 449 – 454.
  • Leandri, J. (1935). Catalogue des plantes de Madagascar, Euphorbiaceae. G. Pitot & Cie, Académie Malgache, Tananarive.
  • Leandri, J. (1937). Contribution à l’étude des Euphorbiacées de Madagascar. Notul. Syst. Paris 6: 11 – 35.
  • 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. Firmin-Didot, Paris.
  • Müller, J. (1866). Euphorbiaceae. In: A. De Candolle (ed.), Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15 (2): 189 – 1286. Victor Masson, Paris.
  • Ralimanana, H. & Hoffmann, P. (2011). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands I: synopsis and subgenera Isocladus, Betsileani, Kirganelia and Tenellanthus. Kew Bull. 66: 331 – 365.
  • Ralimanana, H. & Hoffmann, P. (2014). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands II: subgenera Anisonemoides (Jean F. Brunel) Ralim. & Petra Hoffm., stat. nov and Menarda Comm. ex A. Juss.) Ralim. & Petra Hoffm., stat. nov. Adansonia sér. 3, 36 (2): 265 – 301.
  • Ralimanana, H., Hoffmann, P. & Rajeriarison, C. (2013). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands III: subgenera Swartziani, Afroswartziani and Emblica. Kew Bull. 68: 535 – 558.
  • Webster, G. L. (1994). Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81 (1): 33 – 144.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0