Phyllanthaceae

Leptopus Decne.

First published in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4: 155 (1844)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Caucasus to China and Malesia.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Vorontsova, M.S. & Hoffmann, P. (2010). Revision of the genus Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bulletin 64: 627-644.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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 Andrachne.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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