Glochidion

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Glochidion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Subtribe: Flueggeinae
Genus: Glochidion
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Species
  • Glochidion eriocarpum
  • Glochidion ferdinandi
  • Glochidion lanceolarium
  • Glochidion puberum
  • Glochidion ramiflorum

etc.

Glochidion are a taxon of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor.

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