Phyllantheae

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: Phyllantheae
Genera: Breynia – Flueggea – Glochidion – Heterosavia – Lingelsheimia – Margaritaria – Phyllanthus – Plagiocladus – Sauropus – Synostemon

Name

Phyllantheae Dumort., Anal. Fam. Pl. 45. (1829)

Type genus: Phyllanthus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 981, (1753)

Note: Circumscription largely follows Van Welzen et al. (2014) not Hoffman et al. (2006), but full dismantling of Phyllanthus s.l. has yet to be made (Bouman et al. 2021).
References

Dumortier, B.C.J 1829. Analyse des Familles des Plantes 45.
Bouman, R.W., Kessler, P.J., Telford, I.R., Bruhl, J.J., Strijk, J.S., Saunders, R.M. & van Welzen, P.C. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthus sensu lato (Phyllanthaceae): Towards coherent monophyletic taxa. Taxon 70(1): 72-98. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12424 Open access Reference page.
Hoffmann, P., Kathriarachchi, H. & Wurdack, K.J. 2006. A phylogenetic classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Kew Bulletin 61(1): 37–53. JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.
Hoffmann, P. 2008. Revision of Heterosavia, stat. nov., with notes on Gonatogyne and Savia (Phyllanthaceae). Brittonia 60(2): 136-166. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-008-9012-5 Paywall Reference page.
Van Welzen, P.C., Pruesapan, K., Telford, I.R.H., Esser, H.J. & Bruhl, J.J. 2014. Phylogenetic reconstruction prompts taxonomic changes in Sauropus, Synostemon and Breynia (Phyllanthaceae tribe Phyllantheae). Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 59(2): 77-94. DOI: 10.3767/000651914X684484 Open access Reference page.

Phyllantheae is a tribe of the family Phyllanthaceae. The taxonomy of the group is not yet clear, and work continues (see Phyllanthus for more details). A recent revision based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences divides the tribe into 6 subtribes and 18 genera.[1]
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