Family:
Phyllanthaceae Martinov

Synostemon F.Muell.

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Australia.

Doubtfully present in:

Madagascar

Native to:

Bangladesh, Borneo, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, South Australia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia

Synostemon F.Muell. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Fragm. 1: 32 (1858)

Accepted by

  • van Welzen, P.C., Pruesapan, K., Telford, I.R.H., Esser, H.-J. & Bruhl, J.J. (2014). Phylogenetic reconstruction prompts taxonomic changes in Sauropus, Synostemon and Breynia (Phyllanthaceae tribe Phyllantheae) Blumea 59: 77-94.

Not accepted by

  • 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. [Cited as Sauropus.]

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0