Phyllanthus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Phyllanthus

carry me seed
chamber bitter
emblic
foliage flower
gale of the wind
gooseberry tree
leaf-flower
niruri
swordbush

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.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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