Phyllanthus polyspermus

Phyllanthus polyspermus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Phyllanthaceae
Genus:Phyllanthus
Species: P. polyspermus
Binomial name
Phyllanthus polyspermus
Synonyms

Phyllanthus reticulatus var. orae-solis
Kirganelia zanzibariensis Baill.

Phyllanthus polyspermus[1] is a bush species first described Jean Louis Marie Poiret, with its current name after Schumacher and Thonning; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.[2][3] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2]

Note: this species is frequently misidentified as P. reticulatus (which occurs in Asia and was introduced to Jamaica).[4]

References

  1. C.F.Schumacher, 1827 In: Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 416
  2. 1 2 Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V., ed. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Luo, S.X., H.-J. Esser, D. Zhang, and S. S. Renner. 2011. Nuclear ITS sequences help disentangle Phyllanthus reticulatus (Phyllanthaceae), an Asian species not occurring in Africa, but introduced to Jamaica. Systematic Botany 36(1): 99-104.


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