Phyllanthus cinereus

Phyllanthus cinereus Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 48. 1863 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 425. 1866; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 303. 1887; Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon. 4: 26. 1898; G.L.Webster in Dassan. & Clayton, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 11: 233. 1997. Reidia floribunda Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 28, t. 1903. 1852 (non Phyllanthus floribundus HBK 1817, nec Müll.Arg. 1863); Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1293. 1925; Rani in K.M. Matthew, Fl. Tamil Nadu Carnatic 3(2): 1470. 1983. Epistylium floribundum (Wight) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 283. 1861. Phyllanthus affinis Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 48. 1863 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 425. 1866; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 304. 1887; Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 26. 1898. P. wightianus Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 47. 1863 & in DC., Prodr. 15(2): 425. 1866, pro nom. nov. [(non P. wightianus Müll.Arg. in l l. c c. 6. 1863 & 334. 1866 = P. pinnatus (Wight) G.L. Webster)]; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 303. 1887. Epistylium phyllanthoides Baill. [Etude Euphorb. 648. 1858, nom. nud.], p. p., tantum quoad Thwaites CP 71, excl. Heyne in Wallich 7905. as per Species as per Flora of India Vol 23 (2012) ;
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SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO;
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Common name: Ashy Potato-Bush
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Euphorbiaceae for identification 220113MK03:
Please help me to identify this plant. Is this any Phyllanthus sp.? I found this in a floor of a moist forest. Locally common.

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reminds one of phyllanthus, but is not

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…, you and … are right in calling it Phyllanthus. In fact P. wightianus is its accepted name. What I quoted is a popular name followed by most Floras in the past, but it is now widely been regarded as synonym.

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References:

POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  Flowers of India  phyllanthus wightianus müll. arg – International Journal of Pharmacy