Breynia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Introduced into:
Bolivia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Gambia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Leeward Is., Line Is., Marianas, Marshall Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Aalius Rumph. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 590 (1891), nom. superfl.
- Breyniopsis Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 157 (1925)
- Ceratogynum Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 26 (1852)
- Diplomorpha Griff. in Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 479 (1854), nom. illeg.
- Foersteria Scop. in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 98 (1777)
- Forsteria Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 344 (1821)
- Heterocalymnantha Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 313 (1927)
- Melanthesa Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 590 (1826)
- Melanthesopsis Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 74 (1863)
- Sauropus Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 595 (1826)
Accepted Species
- Breynia amabilis (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia amoebiflora (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia assimilis (Thwaites) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia asteranthos (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia asymmetrica (Welzen) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia baudouinii Beille
- Breynia beillei Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia bicolor (Craib) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia bishnupadae (M.Gangop. & Chakrab.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia bonii (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia brevipes (Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia calcarea (M.R.Hend.) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia carnosa Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia collaris Airy Shaw
- Breynia coriacea Beille
- Breynia coronata Hook.f.
- Breynia delavayi (Croizat) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia discigera Müll.Arg.
- Breynia discocalyx (Welzen) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia disticha J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- Breynia diversifolia Beille
- Breynia fleuryi Beille
- Breynia fruticosa (L.) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia garrettii (Craib) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia glauca Craib
- Breynia gour-maitii (Chakrab. & M.Gangop.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia grandiflora Beille
- Breynia granulosa (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia gynophora Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia harmandii (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia heteroblasta (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia heyneana J.J.Sm.
- Breynia hiemalis Huan C.Wang & Feng Yang
- Breynia hirsuta (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia indosinensis Beille
- Breynia kerrii (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia kitanovii (Thin) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia lanceolata (Hook.f.) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia lithophila Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia macrantha (Hassk.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia maichauensis (Thin) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia massiei Beille
- Breynia micrasterias (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia microphylla (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia mollis J.J.Sm.
- Breynia oblongifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia obscura Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia officinalis Hemsl.
- Breynia orbicularis (Craib) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia pierrei (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia platycalyx Airy Shaw
- Breynia po-khantii (Chakrab. & M.Gangop.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia podocarpa Airy Shaw
- Breynia poilanei (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia poomae (Welzen & Chayam.) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia pseudorostrata Huan C.Wang & Feng Yang
- Breynia pubescens Merr.
- Breynia pulchella (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia quadrangularis (Willd.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia racemosa (Blume) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia repanda (Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia repens Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia reticulata (S.L.Mo ex P.T.Li) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia retroversa (Wight) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston
- Breynia rhynchocarpa Benth.
- Breynia rigida (Thwaites) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia rostrata Merr.
- Breynia saksenana (Manilal, Prasann. & Sivar.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia septata Beille
- Breynia shawii (Welzen) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia similis (Craib) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia spatulifolia (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia stipitata Müll.Arg.
- Breynia subangustifolia Thin
- Breynia suberosa (Airy Shaw) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia subindochinensis Thin
- Breynia subterblanca (C.E.C.Fisch.) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Breynia temii (Welzen & Chayam.) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia thoii (Thin) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia thorelii (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia thyrsiflora (Welzen) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia tiepii Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia tonkinensis Beille
- Breynia trinervia (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
- Breynia tsiangii (P.T.Li) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia vestita Warb.
- Breynia villosa (Blanco) Welzen & Pruesapan
- Breynia virgata (Blume) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Breynia yanhuiana (P.T.Li) Welzen & Pruesapan
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. 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.
- 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.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Char. Gen. Pl.: 145, t. 73 (1776).
- Müller Argoviensis in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 438 (1866), nom. conserv.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Char. Gen. Pl.: 145, t. 73 (1776)
- G.P. 3(1): 276 (1880), nom. conserv.
- Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 438 (1866)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Johns, R.J. [8916], New Guinea | 70224.000 | No |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
- The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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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
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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