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Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750 [ 2 ] to 1200. [ 3 ] Phyllanthus has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs , shrubs , climbers , floating aquatics , and pachycaulous succulents .
[30] [31] However, as of 2024, Plants of the World Online does not consider Phyllanthus mariannensis to be a separate species, but rather a synonym of Glochidion marianum, which is endemic to both Guam and the Caroline Islands; [1] likewise, Phyllanthus senyavinianus is listed as a synonym of Glochidion puberulum, which is endemic only to the ...
As of January 2018, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted about 1000 species in the genus Phyllanthus, with a further 1200-odd synonyms. The accepted names are listed below. The accepted names are listed below.
Below is the full taxonomy of the family Phyllanthaceae. [1] Its circumscription is nearly coincident to that of ex-subfamily Phyllanthoideae of the Euphorbiaceae, where this family was split from.
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales.It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae. [3]The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone.
Phyllanthus acidus is an intermediary between a shrub and tree, reaching 2 to 9 m (6½ to 30 ft) high. [2] The tree's dense and bushy crown is composed of thickish, tough main branches, at the end of which are clusters of deciduous, greenish, 15-to-30-cm long branchlets.
Glochidion is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae, known as cheese trees or buttonwood in Australia, and leafflower trees in the scientific literature. It comprises about 300 species, [2] distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands.
Phyllanthus williamsii Standl. Urinaria erecta Medik. Phyllanthus niruri is a widespread tropical plant commonly found in coastal areas, known by the common names gale of the wind , stonebreaker , shatter stone , seed-under-leaf , quebra pedra and chance pierre .