Phyllanthaceae

Phyllanthus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 981 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Azores, Bermuda, Canary Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Gilbert Is., Howland-Baker Is., Iran, Kazan-retto, Line Is., Madeira, Marshall Is., New York, Norfolk Is., Palestine, Phoenix Is., Sicilia, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tuvalu, Wake I.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.540.1. epublication.
  • 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

  • Pax & K. Hoffm. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19C: 60 (1931).
  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 692

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 422 (1754).
  • Müller Argoviensis in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 274 (1866).
  • Sp. Pl.: 981 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.P. 3(1): 272 (1880)
  • Gen Pl., ed. 5: 422 (1754)
  • Hutch. in F.T.A. 6(1): 692 (1912)
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 274 (1866)
  • Sp. Pl.: 981 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2010 Hepper, F.N. [1986], Cameroon K000180724 No
Coode, M. [4371], Mauritius 35408.000 No
Harris, D,J, [1437], Central African Republic 63375.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132534 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132537 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Singapore K001132546 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132547 Yes
Russell, P. [Cat. no. s.n.], Indian Subcontinent K001132541 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132543 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [29343], Cameroon K000180701 No
Russell, P. [Cat. no. s.n.], Indian Subcontinent K001132545 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132539 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Uttar Pradesh K001132533 Yes
Russell, P. [Cat. no. s.n.], Indian Subcontinent K001132542 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132538 Yes
Russell, P. [Cat. no. s.n.], Indian Subcontinent K001132544 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. s.n.], Myanmar K001132540 Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • 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/
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