Andrachne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Poranthereae
Genus: Andrachne
Species: A. descaisnei – A. telephioides
Name

Andrachne L.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Andrachne in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Andrachne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753.[3][4] It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.[5]

They are monoecious herbs or subshrubs, native to semideserts and desert margins of the Americas, southern Europe, North Africa, and South Asia.[2][5] Linnaeus took the name from Theophrastus, but it is not clear to which plant Theophrastus applied the name.[6][7] Actually, the etymology of the genus name corresponds to the Ancient Greek word ἀνδράχνη (andrákhnē), meaning either "common purslane" (Portulaca oleracea) or "wild strawberry" (Fragaria vesca).[8][9]

Systematics
Species list

The Andrachne genus includes the following species.[2]

Andrachne afghanica - Afghanistan
Andrachne aspera - NW Africa, E Africa + SW Asia from Egypt + Ethiopia to Pakistan
Andrachne brittonii - Cuba, Haiti
Andrachne buschiana - Transcaucasus
Andrachne ephemera - Ethiopia
Andrachne fedtschenkoi - Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
Andrachne filiformis - Transcaucasus
Andrachne fragilis - Somalia
Andrachne fruticulosa - SW Iran
Andrachne maroccana - Morocco
Andrachne merxmuelleri - Iran
Andrachne microphylla - Baja California Sur, Sonora, Peru
Andrachne minutifolia - N Iran
Andrachne pulvinata - N Iran
Andrachne pusilla - Tajikistan
Andrachne pygmaea - Kyrgyzstan
Andrachne ramosa - Iran
Andrachne reflexa - Iran
Andrachne schweinfurthii - Somalia, Socotra
Andrachne stenophylla - S Turkmenistan, N Iran
Andrachne telephioides - Mediterranean, E Africa, SW + S + C Asia
Andrachne virgatenuis - Tajikistan

Formerly included

The following species were formerly included in Andrachne before being moved to the other genera Bischofia, Breynia, Bridelia, Cleistanthus, Leptopus, Meineckia, Notoleptopus, Phyllanthus, Phyllanthopsis, Pseudophyllanthus, and Sauropus.[2]

A. apetala - Bischofia javanica
A. arborea - Phyllanthus grandifolius
A. arida - Phyllanthopsis arida
A. attenuata - Leptopus clarkei
A. australis - Leptopus australis
A. bodinieri - Leptopus chinensis
A. cadishaco - Cleistanthus collinus
A. cadishan - Leptopus chinensis
A. calcarea - Leptopus australis
A. capensis - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis
A. capillipes - Leptopus chinensis
A. cavaleriei - Leptopus chinensis
A. cerebroides - Meineckia cerebroides
A. chinensis - Leptopus chinensis
A. clarkei - Leptopus clarkei
A. colchica - Leptopus chinensis
A. cordifolia - Leptopus cordifolius
A. cuneifolia - Phyllanthus cuneifolius
A. decaisneana - Leptopus cordifolius
A. decaisnei - Notoleptopus decaisnei
A. doonkyboisca - Bridelia retusa
A. dregeana - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis
A. elliptica - Bridelia montana
A. emicans - Leptopus emicans
A. esquirolii - Leptopus clarkei
A. fruticosa L. - Breynia fruticosa
A. fruticosa Decne. ex Müll.Arg. - Notoleptopus decaisnei
A. fruticosa B.Heyne ex Hook.f. - Meineckia parvifolia
A. fruticosa var. orbicularis (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Notoleptopus decaisnei
A. gracilipes - Meineckia gracilipes
A. hainanensis - Leptopus hainanensis
A. hirsuta - Leptopus chinensis
A. hirta - Leptopus australis
A. hypoglauca - Leptopus clarkei
A. lanceolata - Leptopus australis
A. lolonum - Leptopus chinensis
A. montana - Leptopus chinensis
A. nana - Leptopus chinensis
A. orbicularis - Notoleptopus decaisnei
A. orbiculata - Cleistanthus collinus
A. ovalis - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis
A. ovata - Sauropus androgynus
A. pachyphylla - Leptopus pachyphyllus
A. persicariifolia - Leptopus clarkei
A. phyllanthoides - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
A. polypetala - Leptopus australis
A. pumila - Phyllanthus caroliniensis
A. reverchonii - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
A. robinsonii - Leptopus robinsonii
A. roemeriana - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
A. schaffneriana - Phyllanthus caroliniensis
A. tenera - Leptopus australis
A. trifoliata - Bischofia javanica
A. yunnanensis - Leptopus chinensis

References

lectotype designated by Britton et Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2: 453 (1913).
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1014
Tropicos, Andrachne L.
Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin 63(1):41-59.
Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume I, page 135. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2 (vol. I) (see External links below).
Andrachne In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved March 24, 2020.