Breynia retusa

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Breynia retusa
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Breynia
Species: B. retusa
Binomial name
Breynia retusa
(Dennst.) Alston
Synonyms[1]
  • Breynia angustifolia Hook.f.
  • Breynia hyposauropus Croizat
  • Breynia microphylla var. angustifolia (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw
  • Breynia patens (Roxb.) Rolfe
  • Breynia patens (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook. f.
  • Breynia turbinata (Oken) Cordem.
  • Flueggea retusa (Dennst.) Voigt
  • Melanthesa obliqua Wight
  • Melanthesa retusa (Dennst.) Kostel.
  • Melanthesa turbinata Oken
  • Melanthesopsis patens (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.
  • Melanthesopsis variabilis Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus naviluri Miq. ex Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus patens Roxb.
  • Phyllanthus pomaceus Moon
  • Phyllanthus retusus Dennst.
  • Phyllanthus turbinatus J.König ex Roxb. nom. illeg.
  • Sauropus elegantissimus Ridl.

Breynia retusa is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia. Under the name Sauropus elegantissimus, this plant is listed as critically endangered,[2] but it is unclear what effect an updated taxonomy would have on that rating.

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List". 
  2. ↑ "World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998". 


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