Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 65 (1932)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Sumatera. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Chayamarit, K. & Van Welzen, P.C. (2005). Euphorbiaceae (Genera A-F). Flora of Thailand 8(1): 1-303. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2014 Wardi et al. [BOHK 361], Indonesia K000734756 No
Jan 1, 2000 Ridley, H.N. [14888], Malaysia K001056933 lectotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000246641 Unknown type material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12183], India K000246642 Yes
Playfair, G.M.H. [248], Taiwan K001056942 syntype Yes
Oldham, R. [484], Taiwan K001056944 syntype Yes
Ridley, H.N. [14887], Thailand K001081063 Unknown type material Yes
Walters, T. [41], Taiwan K001056946 Yes
Oldham, R. [38], Taiwan K001056943 lectotype Yes
Kloss, C.B. [6547], Vietnam K001081062 Yes
Oldham, R. [483], Taiwan K001056945 syntype Yes

Sources

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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  • Kew Science Photographs

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