Breynia macrantha

Breynia macrantha (Hassk.) Chakrab. & N. P. Balakr. (syn: Aalius forcipata (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Aalius macrantha (Hassk.) Kuntze; Aalius macrophylla (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Aalius spectabilis (Miq.) Kuntze; Glochidion umbratile Maiden & Betche; Phyllanthus forcipatus (Hook.f.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.; Sauropus forcipatus Hook.f.; Sauropus grandifolius Pax & K.Hoffm.; Sauropus longipedicellatus Merr. & Chun; Sauropus macranthus Hassk.; Sauropus macrophyllus Hook.f.; Sauropus robinsonii Merr.; Sauropus ruber Teijsm. & Binn. ex Pax & K.Hoffm.; Sauropus spectabilis Miq.; Sauropus wichurae Müll.Arg. ex Pax & K.Hoffm.);

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Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NE. Queensland: Assam, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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MS Dec.2015/02 for ID : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)

Location : Dampui, Mizoram
Altitude : ca.850 m.
Date : 04-12-2015
Habit : Undershrub, 0.5 – 1 m. tall.
Habitat : Wild

Looks like a Euphorbiaceae member, either Phyllanthus or Sauropus?

The suggestion of … is correct. I had overlooked this post. This is Sauropus macranthus Hassk. of the Phyllanthaceae, now called Breynia macrantha (Hassk.) Chakrab. & N. P. Balakr. The photography is good.

The accepted name is Sauropus macranthus, Hassk.

No Madam,
Please refer to the following publication wherein the latest accepted name Breynia macrantha has appeared at page 92.
Phylogenetic reconstruction prompts taxonomic changes in Sauropus, Synostemon and Breynia (Phyllanthaceae tribe Phyllantheae)
P.C. van Welzen, K. Pruesapan, I.R.H. Telford, H.-J. Esser, J.J. Bruhl Blumea 59, 2014: 77–94.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea

References:
POWO Sauropus merged with Breynia (Phyllanthaceae) efi thread The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Sauropus macranthus Hassk.) BSI Flora of India Flora of China (Sauropus macranthus Hasskarl syn: Aalius macrantha (Hasskarl) Kuntze; A. macrophylla (J. D. Hooker) Kuntze; Sauropus grandifolius Pax & K. Hoffmann; S. grandifolius var. tonkinensis Beille; S. longipedicellatus Merrill & Chun; S. macrophyllus J. D. Hooker.)
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Updated on December 24, 2024

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