Phyllanthus polyspermus

Phyllanthus polyspermus[1] is a bush species first described Jean Louis Marie Poiret, with its current name after Schumacher and Thonning; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.[2][3] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2]

Phyllanthus polyspermus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species:
P. polyspermus
Binomial name
Phyllanthus polyspermus
Synonyms

Phyllanthus reticulatus var. orae-solis
Kirganelia zanzibariensis Baill.

Note: this species is frequently misidentified as P. reticulatus (which occurs in Asia and was introduced to Jamaica).[4]

References

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  1. ^ C.F.Schumacher, 1827 In: Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 416
  2. ^ a b Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  4. ^ Luo, S.X., H.-J. Esser, D. Zhang, and S. S. Renner. 2011. Nuclear ITS sequences help disentangle Phyllanthus reticulatus (Phyllanthaceae), an Asian species not occurring in Africa, but introduced to Jamaica. Systematic Botany 36(1): 99-104.