Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus
Phyllanthus nummulariifolius

Phyllanthus nummulariifolius subsp. nummulariifolius

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Eritrea to S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Ralimanana, H. & Hoffmann, P. (2011 publ. 2012). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands: synopsis and subgenera Isocladus, Betsileani, Kirganelia and Tenellanthus. Kew Bulletin 66: 331-365.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [27] Zambia K004863249 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM939] Zambia K004863247 Yes
Harris, T. [634] Mozambique K000614218 No
Merrett, L. [LM199] Zambia K004863245 Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000614514 No
R-Smith; Pope; Goyder [5743] Zambia K004863250 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [11071] Zambia K004863253 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Harder, D.H. [10906] Zambia K004863252 Yes
Merrett, L. [LM586] Zambia K004863246 Yes
Kornas, J. [0799] Zambia K004863248 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10582] Zambia K004863251 Yes

Sources

  • 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 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