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December 2022

Warning: older classification

genus

Breynia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

This genus name was first published in Char. Gen. Pl. : 145 (1776)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000005418.

Literature

Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. [145]. 1776 [1 Mar 1776]

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Synonyms of Breynia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Aalius	Lam. ex Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 590. 1891. (5 Nov 1891)	wfo-4000000002
Breyniopsis	Beille	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 72: 157–158. 1925.	wfo-4000005419
Melanthesa	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 590 (1826)	wfo-4000023604
Sauropus	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 595 (1826)	wfo-4000034178

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Breynia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Breynia cernua var. genuina	Müll.Arg.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 439. 1866		wfo-1200014784
Breynia paniculata	Spreng.	Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 93 (1815)		wfo-0000413712
Breynia pseudorostrata	Huan C.Wang & Feng Yang	Phytotaxa 539(2): 211. 2022		wfo-1000029555
Breynia racemosa var. genuina	Müll.Arg.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 441. 1866		wfo-1200014731
Breynia rhamnoides var. genuina	Müll.Arg.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 440. 1886		wfo-1200014789
Breynia rigida var. puberula	(Kurz) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.	Indo-Burmese Phyllanthaceae 183. 2018		wfo-1200002474
Breynia tomkinensis	Beille	Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 636 1927	—	wfo-0001269648