Breynia

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Kingdom Plantae Tribe Phyllantheae Scientific name Breynia Rank genus		Family Phyllanthaceae Subtribe Flueggeinae Higher classification Euphorbiaceae Order Malpighiales

Similar Breynia disticha, Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Glochidion, Breynia oblongifolia

Breynia nivosa roseopicta the amazing leaves of this ornamental plant

Breynia is a plant genus in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, Australia, and the island of Réunion.

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The name Breynia is a conserved name, in other words, it is recognized despite the existence of an earlier use of the same name to refer to a different plant. Breynia L. 1753 is in the Capparaceae, but it is a rejected name. We here discuss Breynia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. 1776.

Species

Breynia baudouinii Beille – Vietnam

Breynia calcarea (M.R.Hend.) Welzen & Pruesapan – W Malaysia

Breynia carnosa Welzen & Pruesapan – Vietnam

Breynia cernua (Poir.) Müll.Arg. – Northern Territory of Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Philippines, Borneo, Java

Breynia collaris Airy Shaw – Papua New Guinea

Breynia coriacea Beille – Vietnam

Breynia coronata Hook.f. – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra

Breynia discigera Müll.Arg. – Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra

Breynia disticha J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. – Vanuatu, New Caledonia; naturalized in West Indies, Gambia, and scattered oceanic islands

Breynia diversifolia Beille – Vietnam

Breynia fleuryi Beille – Vietnam

Breynia fruticosa (L.) Müll.Arg. – Vietnam, Thailand, S China

Breynia glauca Craib – Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Borneo

Breynia grandiflora Beille – Vietnam

Breynia heyneana J.J.Sm. – Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia

Breynia indosinensis Beille – Vietnam, Laos

Breynia lithophila Welzen & Pruesapan – Thailand

Breynia massiei Beille – Laos

Breynia microphylla (Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.) Müll.Arg. – Sumatera, Java, Sulawesi

Breynia mollis J.J.Sm. – New Guinea

Breynia oblongifolia (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. – Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory

Breynia obscura Welzen & Pruesapan – W Malaysia

Breynia platycalyx Airy Shaw – W New Guinea

Breynia podocarpa Airy Shaw – Papua New Guinea, Northern Territory

Breynia pubescens Merr. – Maluku

Breynia racemosa (Blume) Müll.Arg. – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago

Breynia repens Welzen & Pruesapan – Thailand

Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston – Réunion, India, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, E Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia

Breynia rhynchocarpa Benth. – Northern Territory of Australia

Breynia rostrata Merr. – Vietnam, S China

Breynia septata Beille – Vietnam

Breynia stipitata Müll.Arg. – Northern Territory, Queensland

Breynia subangustifolia Thin – Vietnam

Breynia subindochinensis Thin – Vietnam

Breynia tonkinensis Beille – Vietnam

Breynia vestita Warb. – New Guinea, Kai Island in Maluku Province of Indonesia

Breynia virgata (Blume) Müll.Arg. – Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands

Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. – China, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Indochina, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Philippines

Breynia Breynia disticha Breynia nivosa Snow Bush HawaiianLeaf Flower

Formerly included

Breynia subterblanca (C.E.C.Fisch.) C.E.C.Fisch, synonym of Sauropus subterblancus (C.E.C.Fisch.) Welzen

Breynia nivosa an ornamental plant

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Breynia nivosa roseopicta the amazing leaves of this ornamental plant

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