Breynia cernua

Breynia cernua grows naturally in Australia and Malesia as a shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) in height.[1]

Breynia cernua
Breynia cernua fruit and foliage.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Breynia
Species:
B. cernua
Binomial name
Breynia cernua

Breynia cernua presumably is dependent on leafflower moths (Epicephala spp.) for its pollination, like other species of tree in the genus Breynia.[2][3]

References

  1. "Breynia cernua". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Factsheet - Breynia cernua. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. Kawakita, A.; Kato, M. 2004. Obligate pollination mutualism in Breynia (Phyllanthaceae): further documentation of pollination mutualism involving Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae). American Journal of Botany. 91: 1319–1325
  3. Zhang, J.; Wang, S.; Li, H.; Hu, B.; Yang, X.; Wang, Z. 2012. "Diffuse coevolution between two Epicephala species (Gracillariidae) and two Breynia species (Phyllanthaceae). PLOS ONE. 7: e41657.


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