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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Phyllanthus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Phyllanthus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Euphorbianae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Euphorbiales Lindl. pub. Nix. Pl.: 13. 17 Sep 1833.       Familia  Euphorbiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 384. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Spurges       Subfamilia  Phyllanthoideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1716. Jan-Sep 1836.    Tribus  Phyllantheae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 45. 1829.    Subtribus  Phyllanthinae Griseb. pub. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 32. Dec 1859.    Genus  Phyllanthus L. pub. (1753) common name: leaf-flower

Named members of the Genus Phyllanthus

1	Species  abnormis Baill.
	2    Varietas  abnormis common name: Drummond's leaf-flower 3    Varietas  riograndensis G.L. Webster common name: Rio Grande leaf-flower
4	Species  acidus (L.) Skeels common name: Tahitian gooseberry tree
5	Species  acuminatus Vahl common name: Jamaican gooseberry tree
6	Species  amarus Schumacher common name: carry me seed
7	Species  angustifolius (Sw.) Sw. common name: foliage flower
8	Species  caroliniensis Walt.
	9    Subspecies  caroliniensis common name: Carolina leaf-flower 10    Subspecies  saxicola (Small) G.L. Webster common name: Carolina leaf-flower
11	Species  cuneifolius (Britt.) Croizat common name: wedge leaf-flower
12	Species  debilis Klein ex Willd. common name: niruri
13	Species  diffusus Klotzsch syn. Phyllanthus stipulatus
14	Species  distichus (L.) Muell.-Arg. syn. Phyllanthus acidus
15	Species  drummondii Small syn. Phyllanthus abnormis var. abnormis
16	Species  emblica L. common name: emblic
17	Species  epiphyllanthus L. common name: swordbush
18	Species  ericoides Torr. common name: heather leaf-flower
19	Species  fraternus G.L. Webster common name: gulf leaf-flower
20	Species  garberi Small syn. Phyllanthus abnormis var. abnormis
21	Species  juglandifolius Willd. common name: gamo de costa  (Mexico)
22	Species  lathyroides Kunth syn. Phyllanthus niruri ssp. lathyroides
23	Species  liebmannianus Muell.-Arg.
	24    Subspecies  platylepis (Small) G.L. Webster common name: Florida leaf-flower
25	Species  niruri L.
	26    Subspecies  lathyroides (Kunth) G.L. Webster common name: gale of the wind 27    Subspecies  niruri common name: gale of the wind
28	Species  nivosus Bull syn. Breynia disticha
29	Species  nobilis (L. f.) Muell.-Arg. syn. Margaritaria nobilis
30	Species  pentaphyllus C. Wright ex Griseb.
	31    Subspecies  pentaphyllus common name: fivepetal leaf-flower   32    Varietas  floridanus G.L. Webster common name: fivepetal leaf-flower 33    Subspecies  polycladus (Urban) G.L. Webster common name: fivepetal leaf-flower
34	Species  platylepis Small syn. Phyllanthus liebmannianus ssp. platylepis
35	Species  polycladus Urban syn. Phyllanthus pentaphyllus ssp. polycladus
36	Species  polygonoides Nutt. ex Spreng. common name: smartweed leaf-flower
37	Species  pruinosus auct. non Poepp. ex L.C. Rich. syn. Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. saxicola
38	Species  pudens L.C. Wheeler common name: birdseed leaf-flower
39	Species  pulcher Wallich ex Muell.-Arg. common name: tropical leaf-flower
40	Species  sandwicensis Muell.-Arg.
	41    Varietas  degeneri Sherff syn. Phyllanthus distichus 42    Varietas  ellipticus Muell.-Arg. syn. Phyllanthus distichus
43	Species  saxicola Small syn. Phyllanthus caroliniensis ssp. saxicola
44	Species  stipulatus (Raf.) G.L. Webster common name: stipulate leaf-flower
45	Species  tenellus Roxb. common name: Mascarene Island leaf-flower
46	Species  urinaria L. common name: chamber bitter

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.