Biology:Phyllanthus polyspermus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Phyllanthus polyspermus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. polyspermus
Binomial name
Phyllanthus polyspermus
(Poir.) Schumach. & Thonn.
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. 2.0 2.1 Didžiulis V., ed (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/9717080. Retrieved 26 May 2014. 
  3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". https://wcsp.science.kew.org/prepareChecklist.do;jsessionid=5B94D4D7A1DFEB12A55AADA456942E24.kppapp05-wcsp?checklist=selected_families%40%40156050620212343093. 
  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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