Phyllanthus amarus

Phyllanthus amarus
Phyllanthus amarus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Phyllantheae
Genus: Phyllanthus
Species: Phyllanthus amarus

Name

Phyllanthus amarusSchumach. & Thonn., 1827

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Moeroris amara (Schumach. & Thonn.) R.W.Bouman in Phytotaxa 540: 30 (2022)
    • Phyllanthus niruri var. amarus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Leandri in Fl. Madagasc. 111: 73 (1958)
  • Heterotypic
    • Diasperus nanus (Hook.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 601 (1891)
    • Phyllanthus amarus var. baronianus Leandri in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 183 (1939), not validly publ.
    • Phyllanthus amarus subsp. sanyaensis P.T.Li & Y.T.Zhu in J. S. China Agric. Coll. 17(3): 118 (1996)
    • Phyllanthus nanus Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5: 298 (1887)
    • Phyllanthus niruri var. baronianus (Leandri) Leandri in Fl. Madagasc. 111: 74 (1958), not validly publ.
    • Phyllanthus niruri var. scabrellus (Webb) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 43 (1863)
    • Phyllanthus niruroides var. madagascariensis Leandri in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 184 (1939), not validly publ.
    • Phyllanthus scabrellus Webb in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 175 (1849)
    • Phyllanthus swartzii Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1771 (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: America
    • Regional:Tropical America
      • Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Central American Pacific Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Howland-Baker Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Queensland, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • 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.

Vernacular names

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