Breynia disticha

Breynia disticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Subtribe: Flueggeinae
Genus: Breynia
Species: B. disticha
Binomial name
Breynia disticha
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Synonyms[1]
  • Breynia disticha var. genuina Müll.Arg.
  • Breynia axillaris Spreng.
  • Melanthesa neocaledonica Baill.
  • Melanthesa neocaledonica var. forsteri Müll.Arg.
  • Breynia disticha var. neocaledonica (Baill.) Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus nivosus W.Bull
  • Agave roseopictus Van Geert
  • Phyllanthus atropurpureus Van Geert
  • Phyllanthus nivosus roseopictus Regel
  • Phyllanthus roseus-pictus Hovey
  • Breynia nivosa (W.Bull) Small
  • Phyllanthus sandwicensis var. hypoglaucus H.Lév.
  • Breynia nivosa var. roseopicta (Regel) F.Br.
  • Breynia disticha f. nivosa (W.Bull) Croizat ex Radcl.-Sm.

Breynia disticha is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the western Pacific, but naturalized on a wide assortment of other islands around the world (West Indies, São Tomé, Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Bonin Islands, Norfolk Island, Fiji, Line Islands, Society Islands, Hawaii, etc.).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe. Bothalia 41: 41-82.
  4. Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
  5. de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005). Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 563-596.
  6. Wester, L. (1985). Checklist of the vascular plants of the Northern Line Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 287: 1-38.

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