Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus rotundifolius J.G.Klein ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 584 (1805)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Verde, Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to Sri Lanka. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical or tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burkina, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Palestine

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • 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.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel. Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • 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.
  • Lebrun, J.-P. (1998). Catalogue des plantes de la Mauritanie et du Sahara Occidental. Boissiera 55: 1-322.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  • Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel. Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Phyllanthaceae: 1-163. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
  • Quézel, P. (1958). Mission Botanique au Tibesti: 1-357. Université d'Alger.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 28 (1921).
  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 213 (1974).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 95 (1952).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 731 (1912).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 388 (1958).
  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 405 (1866), excl. var. γ.
  • Pax in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 236 (1895).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 236 (1983).
  • Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 584 (1805).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chuwa, S. [3105] Tanzania K004862541 Yes
Richards, M. (Mrs) [25511] Tanzania K004862530 Yes
[A.C. Brooke] [44] Tanzania K004862535 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Cabo Verde K000406130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, G. [229] Uganda K004862511 Yes
Verdcourt; Baring, E. (Sir); Williams, J.G. [2188] Kenya K004862514 Yes
Carter, S.; B.Stannard [315] Kenya K004862525 Yes
Lobin, W. [2513] Cabo Verde K001134509 No
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M.; [le Talbots] [10154] Tanzania K004862537 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [24936] Tanzania K004862529 Yes
[Mrs J. Kayer] [159] Kenya K004862513 Yes
Geilinger [3527] Tanzania K004862532 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6409] Kenya K004862520 Yes
Uhlig [117] Tanzania K000406194 Type Yes
Oteke, J.; Newbould, J.B. [207] Tanzania K004862539 Yes
Newbould, J.G.B. [2906] Kenya K004862522 Yes
B.Stannard; Gilbert, M.G. [864] Kenya K004862512 Yes
Friis, I.; Sebsebe Demissew; Wege Abebe; Ermias Getachew [14863] Ethiopia K001553661 Yes
Newbould, J.B. [5985] Tanzania K004862538 Yes
Stocks, Law [12] India K000246591 Type Yes
Tanner, R. [4231] Tanzania K004862536 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [6172] Kenya K004862528 Yes
[Sebastian Chuwa] [2604] Tanzania K004862540 Yes
Cardoso, J. [157] Cabo Verde K001134506 No
Verdcourt [3174] Kenya K004862523 Yes
Gillespie, J.B. [43] Kenya K004862518 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Rawlins, S.P. [9296] Kenya K004862519 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [6341] Kenya K004862526 Yes
Richards, M. (Mrs) [23666] Tanzania K004862531 Yes
Lye, K.A. [Lye9113] Kenya K004862515 Yes
Lobin, W. [2586] Cabo Verde K001134510 No
Mwangangi, O.M. [687] Kenya K004862517 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [939] Kenya K004862516 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [5019] Kenya K004862527 Yes
Lobin, W. [425] Cabo Verde K001134507 No
[G.H. Ivens] [823] Tanzania K004862533 Yes
Mathew, B.F. [6795] Kenya K004862521 Yes
Davis, R.L. [91] Tanzania K004862534 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Cabo Verde K000406131 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie [2265] Kenya K004862524 Yes
Lobin, W. [2312] Cabo Verde K001134508 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0