Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus fraternus G.L.Webster

First published in Contr. Gray Herb. 176: 53 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pakistan to W. India. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Laccadive Is., Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Louisiana, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mississippi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Carolina, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Chakrabarty, T. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2018). Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae: A Taxonomic Revision: 1-437. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • 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.
  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Phyllanthaceae: 1-163. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Chakrabarty, T. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2018). Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae: A Taxonomic Revision: 1-437. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 234, t. 72, fig. 3 (1983).
  • Webster in Contr. Gray Herb. 176: 53 (1955)
  • Webster in Journ. Arn. Arb. 38: 309 (1957).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1954 Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000246585 Type Yes
Wild, H.; Drummond, R.B. [7018] Botswana K004863668 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5008] Zimbabwe K004863663 Yes
Michelmore, A.P.G. [1459] Tanzania K004862507 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [3043] Yemen K004515777 Yes
Bax, R.D. (Miss) [108] Tanzania K004862506 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3895] Botswana K004863670 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1426] Yemen K004515779 Yes
Terry, P.J. [1813] Gambia, The K004860678 Yes
Cunningham, A.B.; Mihanda (Mrs) [4067] Uganda K004862504 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI66747] Nigeria K004860685 Yes
s.coll. [115] K004861464 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6356] Kenya K004862505 Yes
Laferrère, M. [2] Mali K004860681 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Guinea-Bissau K004860684 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2967] Yemen K004515776 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4818] Yemen K004515785 Yes
Wild, H. [4089] Zimbabwe K004863666 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [s.n.] Zambia K004863665 Yes
Rogers, F.A. (Rev.) [6538] Botswana K004863669 Yes
Welw [314] Angola K004863671 Yes
Balaka, J.L.; Tawakali, E.J. [1073] Malawi K004863656 Yes
Rabson Phiri [80] Zambia K004863654 Yes
Boulos, L.; Rowaished, A.K.; Gifri, A.N.; Saeed, W.A.; Hussein, M.A. [s.n.] Yemen K004515778 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1677KBS] Zambia K004863660 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [4] Yemen K004515782 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [196] Angola K004863672 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K004863658 Yes
Davey, J.T. [182] Mali K004860683 Yes
Kirk, J. (Dr.) [s.n.] Mozambique K004863659 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [2696] Malawi K004863657 Yes
Griffith, W. [4803] BU K000246586 Type Yes
Goddard, A. [s.n.] Saudi Arabia K004515783 Yes
de Nevers, G.; Charnley, S. [3345] Tanzania K004862508 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5594] Zambia K004863664 Yes
Auquier, P. [2581] Rwanda K004861118 Yes
Maconochie, J.R. [2995] Oman K004515784 Yes
Broadbent, J.A. (Dr.) [60] Senegal K004860677 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3753] Mali K004860682 Yes
Prince, S.D. [112] Zambia K004863662 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2716] Yemen K004515780 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5324] Zimbabwe K004863667 Yes
Barter [825] Nigeria K004860686 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2295] Yemen K004515775 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1855KBS] Zambia K004863661 Yes
Auquier, P. [3359] Rwanda K004861119 Yes
Laferrère, M. [2] Mali K004860680 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2511] Yemen K004515786 Yes

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