Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus virgatus G.Forst.

First published in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 65 (1786)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niue, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2019.64.03.05. epublication.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Chakrabarty, T. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2018). Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae: A Taxonomic Revision: 1-437. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • 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.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Smith, A.C. (1981). Flora Vitiensis Nova. A new flora for Fiji (Spermatophytes only) 2: 1-810. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • 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. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

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.
  • Chakrabarty, T. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2018). Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae: A Taxonomic Revision: 1-437. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • 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.
  • Florence, J. (1997). Flore de la Polynésie Française 1: 1-393. ORSTOM éditions, Paris.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2017 Stuart, C. [s.n.] Australia K001056772 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Mitchell, T.L. [66] Australia K000349812 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Wight, R. [2657] India K000246571 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Schultz, M. [668] Australia K001056814 Lectotype Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Dämel, E. [s.n.] Australia K001056763 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Weinland, K.A.F. [241] Papua New Guinea K001056859 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Gamble, J.S. [17638] India K000246570 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Mitchell, T.L. [66] Australia K000349811 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2017 Schultz, M. [660] Australia K001056813 Syntype Yes
Eyma, P.J. [3414] Indonesia K004518124 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11338] Thailand K004517388 Yes
Henry, A. [7409] China K001056671 Unknown Type Material Yes
Koroiveibau, D. [11384] Fiji K004860076 Yes
Maloney, B.K. [119] Indonesia K004518125 Yes
Schlechter, R. [14803] K004519923 Yes
Shimizu, T.; Koyama, H.; Nalampoon, A. [T10701] Thailand K004517399 Yes
Iwatsuki, K.; Fukuoka, N. [T10307] Thailand K004517396 Yes
Balansa, B. [3297] Vietnam K004517376 Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K001056768 Type Yes
Motley, J. [351] Indonesia K004518112 Yes
Bernier, M. [713] New Caledonia K004519921 Yes
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink [3484] Indonesia K004518119 Yes
Holstvoogd, C. [149] Indonesia K004518120 Yes
Floto, F. [7315] Thailand K004517379 Yes
Poilane [P1728] Vietnam K004517375 Yes
Tothill, J.D.; Tothill, B.H. [711] Fiji K004860069 Yes
Khoon Winit [432] Thailand K004517395 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7085] Thailand K004517390 Yes
Horne, J. [120a] Fiji K004860067 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [682] Thailand K004517394 Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K001056770 Type Yes
Schlechter, R. [15020] K004519924 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [24865] New Caledonia K004519928 Yes
Lakshnakara, M.C. [239] Thailand K004517383 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K004518111 Yes
[Feejie Somvo]; [Talute] [s.n.] Fiji K004860071 Yes
Put [2149] Thailand K004517392 Yes
Shimizu, T.; Hutoh, M.; Chaiglom, D. [T8694] Thailand K004517381 Yes
Schultz, M. [788] Australia K001056815 Syntype Yes
Seemann, B. [418] Fiji K004860066 Yes
Kerr, A. [13521] Thailand K004517389 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K004518117 Yes
Guillaum; Baum-Bod [s.n.] K004519926 Yes
Mackee, H.S. [23252] New Caledonia K004519927 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [15719] Thailand K004517386 Yes
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink [3484] Indonesia K004518122 Yes
Put [2084] Thailand K004517385 Yes
van Balgooy [2953] Indonesia K004518123 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14814] Thailand K004517387 Yes
Poilane, M.E. [17382] Vietnam K004517377 Yes
McKee, H.S. (Dr.) [4047] New Caledonia K004519925 Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K001056771 Type Yes
Smitinand, T. [4440] Thailand K004517382 Yes
[illegible] [55] Australia K001056769 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collins, D.J. (Mrs) [1392] Thailand K004517378 Yes
Asdat [197] Indonesia K004518116 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [30721] New Caledonia K004519930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K004518113 Yes
Bakhuizen v. d. Brink [1873] Indonesia K004518118 Yes
Sorensen, T.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [1353] Thailand K004517393 Yes
Larsen, K. [8411] Thailand K004517391 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [29776] New Caledonia K004519929 Yes
Jacobs, M. [4988] Indonesia K004518121 Yes
Esser, H.-J. [98-187] Thailand K004517398 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3729] Thailand K004517384 Yes
Necker, W.L. [105] Guam K004860197 Yes
Horsfield, T. [s.n.] Indonesia K004518114 Yes
Greenwood, W. [151] Fiji K004860068 Yes
Collins, D.J. (Mrs) [1845] Thailand K004517397 Yes
s.coll. [711] Fiji K004860070 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [20299] New Caledonia K004519931 Yes
Esser, H.-J. [98-142] Thailand K004517400 Yes
Schlechter, R. [14832] K004519922 Yes
Maack, R.K. [s.n.] China K001056670 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zollinger [198] Indonesia K004518115 Yes
Jan 1, 1925 Narayanswami, V. [640] India Phyllanthus narayanswamii K000246616 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan Phyllanthus simplex K001613497 Yes
s.colll. [183] China Phyllanthus simplex K001613498 Yes
s.coll. [2589] India Phyllanthus simplex K004516686 Yes
Hunter, D. [s.n.] India Phyllanthus simplex K004516689 Yes
Wright, C. [432] China Phyllanthus simplex K004516009 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [113] India Phyllanthus simplex K004516655 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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