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June 2024

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Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston

This species name was first published in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 204 (1929)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000414213.

Synonyms of Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Melanthesa obliqua Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1898 (1852) wfo-0000239959
Melanthesa retusa (Dennst.) Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1771 (1836) wfo-0000239965
Melanthesa turbinata Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1603 (1841) wfo-0000239974
Melanthesopsis patens (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 437 (1866) wfo-0000239979
Melanthesopsis patens var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 437. 1866 wfo-0000239980
Melanthesopsis patens var. turbinata (Oken) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 437 1866 wfo-0000239981
Melanthesopsis patens var. vulgaris Müll.Arg. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 437. 1866 wfo-0000239982
Melanthesopsis variabilis Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863) wfo-0000239983
Phyllanthus naviluri Miq. ex Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75 (1863) wfo-0000271602
Phyllanthus patens Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 667 (1832) wfo-0000271755
Phyllanthus pomaceus Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon : 65 (1824) wfo-0000271858
Phyllanthus retusus Dennst. Schlüssel Hortus Malab. : 31 (1818) wfo-0000271954
Phyllanthus suffultus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7939 (Breyniae sp.). 1847 wfo-0000272180
Phyllanthus turbinatus J.Koenig ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 666 (1832) wfo-0000272288
Sauropus elegantissimus Ridl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 476 (1926) wfo-0000305022
Breynia angustifolia Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 330 (1887) wfo-0000411644
Breynia hyposauropus Croizat J. Arnold Arbor. 21: 493 (1940) wfo-0000412829
Breynia microphylla var. angustifolia (Hook.f.) Airy Shaw Kew Bull. 36: 272 (1981) wfo-0000413104
Breynia patens (Roxb.) Rolfe J. Bot. 20: 359 (1882) wfo-0000413776
Breynia turbinata (Oken) Cordem. Fl. Réunion : 348 (1895) wfo-0000414955
Breynia patens (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 3: 67, 277 1883 wfo-0001228750
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. patens (Roxb.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75. 1863 wfo-1200018157
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. arborea Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75. 1863 wfo-1200018190
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. oblongifolius Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 75. 1863 wfo-1200018263
Melanthesopsis variabilis var. vulgaris Unknown Linnaea 32: 75. 1863 wfo-1200018311