Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus

Phyllanthus nummulariifolius Poir.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 302 (1804)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Ascension, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Breteler, F.J. (2012). Flore du Gabon 43: 1-107. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • 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.
  • Ilunga wa Ilunga, E. & Meerts, P. (2020). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Phyllanthaceae: 1-163. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Ralimanana, H. & Hoffmann, P. (2011 publ. 2012). Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands: synopsis and subgenera Isocladus, Betsileani, Kirganelia and Tenellanthus. Kew Bulletin 66: 331-365.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Kew Bulletin

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  • Baillon, H. (1858). Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées. Victor Masson, Paris.
  • Baillon, H. (1861). Recueil périodique d’observations botaniques. Adansonia 2: 47 – 51.
  • Brunel, J. F. & Roux, J. (1981). Phyllantheae de Madagascar II: à propos du complexe Phyllanthus nummulariaefolius [sic] Poir. — Phyllanthus tenellus Roxb. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, série 4, 3, section B, Adansonia 2: 185 – 199.
  • Brunel, J. F. (1987). Sur le genre Phyllanthus L. et quelques genres voisins de la Tribu des Phyllantheae Dumort. (Euphorbiaceae, Phyllantheae) en Afrique intertropicale et à Madagascar. Thèse doctorale, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg.
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  • Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. (2003). Transfer of Madagascan Glochidion to Phyllanthus. Novon 13: 307 – 310.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Kathriarachchi, H., Hoffmann, P., Samuel, R., Wurdack, K. J. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from 5 genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3’ ndhF, rbcL) and nuclear PHYC. Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 36: 112 – 134.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Leandri, J. (1933). Nouveaux Phyllanthus de Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 371 – 373.
  • Leandri, J. (1934). Espèces et localités nouvelles d’Euphorbiacées d’Afrique et Madagascar. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 449 – 454.
  • Leandri, J. (1938). Contribution à l’étude des Euphorbiacées de Madagascar (suite). Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 185 – 199.
  • Leandri, J. (1939). Contribution à l’étude des Euphorbiacées de Madagascar. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 7: 168 – 187.
  • Leandri, J. (1957). Notes systématiques sur les Euphorbiacées, Phyllanthus de Madagascar. Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar 8: 205 – 234.
  • Leandri, J. (1958). Euphorbiaceae I (Phyllanthoideae). In: H. Humbert (ed.), Flore de Madagascar et des Comores, 111ème famille 1: 1 – 199. Firmin-Didot, Paris.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum, ed. 1, 2. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
  • McNeill, J., Barrie, F. R., Burdet, H. M., Demoulin, V., Hawksworth, D. L., Marhold, K., Nicolson, D. H., Prado, J., Silva, P. C., Skog, J. E., Wiersema, J. H. & Turland, N. J. (2006). International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. Adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005. Regnum Veg. 146: 1 – 568.
  • Müller, J. (1863). Euphorbiaceae. Vorläufige Mittheilungen aus dem für De Candolle’s Prodromus bestimmten Manuscript über diese Familie. Linnaea 32: 1 – 126.
  • Müller, J. (1866). Euphorbiaceae. In: A. De Candolle (ed.), Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2), pp. 189 – 1286. Victor Masson, Paris.
  • Persoon, C. H. (1807). Synopsis Plantarum 2. C. F. Cramer, Paris & J. G. Cotta, Tübingen.
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  • Samuel, R., Kathriarachchi, H., Hoffmann, P., Barfuss, M., Wurdack, K. J. & Chase, M. W. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of Phyllanthaceae: Evidence from plastid matK and nuclear PHYC sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 92: 132 – 141.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  • Webster, G. L. & Miller K. L. (1963). The genus Reverchonia (Euphorbiaceae). Rhodora 65: 193 – 207.
  • Webster, G. L. (1955). Studies of the Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthoideae I. Taxonomic notes on the West Indian species of Phyllanthus. Contr. Gray Herb. Harv. Univ. 176: 45 – 63.
  • Webster, G. L. (1956 – 1958). A monographic study of the West Indian species of Phyllanthus. J. Arnold Arbor. 37: 91 – 122, 217 – 268, 340 – 359; 38: 51 – 80, 170 – 198, 295 – 373; 39: 49 – 100, 111 – 212.
  • Webster, G. L. (1967). The genera of the Euphorbiaceae in the Southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 48: 303 – 431.
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  • Wurdack, K. J., Hoffmann, P., Samuel, R., de Bruijn, A., van der Bank, M. & Chase, M. W. (2004). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid rbcL DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1882 – 1990.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(2): 25 (1921).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 90 (1952).
  • Hutch. in Flora of Tropical Africa 6(1): 710 (1912).
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  • Muell. Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 337 (1866).
  • Pax in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 236 (1895).
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  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 442 (1948).
  • Troupin, Fl. Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 267, t. 90/2 (1982)
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 2: 236, t. 71/3 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [1843] Cameroon K000026455 No
Apr 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9633] Cameroon K000026458 No
Apr 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [8902] Cameroon K000026456 No
Apr 1, 2002 Cheek, M. [9445] Cameroon K000026457 No
Jan 1, 1993 Wheatley, J.I. [611] Cameroon K000085096 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Nemba, J. [275] Cameroon K000180641 No
Brunt, M.A. [412] Cameroon K000180723 No
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [10077-16] Equatorial Guinea K001532728 Yes
Morton, J.K. [7084] Cameroon K000180704 No
Ralimanana, H.; Rakotoarinivo, M.; Rajaonarison, R. [RLI 1146] Madagascar K000312427 Yes
Osborne, J. [JO1397] Mozambique K000569752 Yes
Merrett, L. [2451] Zambia K001574371 Yes
Letsara, R.; Rolland, G.; Andrianantenaina, M.; Razafindrakoto, G. [1345] Madagascar K001870066 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [11613(3)] Equatorial Guinea K001532710 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [11919(3)] Equatorial Guinea K001532690 Yes
Carvalho, M.F.; Fernandez Casas, J. [11828(3)] Equatorial Guinea K001532699 Yes
Darbyshire, I.; Agostenho, M.; Fansdeo, G.; Matimele, H.; Mucaleque, P.; Osborne, J.; Tanleque, C. [1153] Mozambique K001295799 No
Dundas J. [137] Cameroon K000180722 No
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8504] Cameroon K000180639 No

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