Phyllanthus fraternus

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

Phyllanthus fraternus G.L.Webster, 1955

Homotypic
- Moeroris fraterna (G.L.Webster) R.W.Bouman in Phytotaxa 540: 30 (2022)
Homotypic
- Phyllanthus fraternus subsp. togoensis J.F.Brunel & Jacq.Roux in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 122: 161 (1975)
- Phyllanthus lonphali Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7895 (1847), nom. nud.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical
- Regional:Indian subcontinent
  - India, Laccadive Is., Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
- Introduced into:
  - Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Louisiana, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mississippi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Carolina, Sudan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

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