Phyllanthaceae

Cleistanthus Hook.f. ex Planch.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779 (1848)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Jablonszky in Engl. Pflanzenr. Euph. 8: 8 (1915).
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 621

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Jablonszky in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, viii] 65: 8 (1915).
  • Müller Argoviensis in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 503 (1866).
  • in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779 (1848).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 3(1): 268 (1880)
  • Hutch. in F.T.A. 6(1): 621 (1912)
  • J. Léon in B.J.B.B. 30: 421 (1960)
  • Jabl. in E.P. IV. 147(8): 8 (1915)
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 503 (1866)
  • in F.C.B. 8(1): 5 (1962)
  • in Hook., Ic. Pl. 8, t. 779 (1848)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [818], Cameroon K000540098 No
Jan 1, 1994 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [853], Cameroon K000540097 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0