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Phyllanthaceae Martinov. Common name: Leaf-flower Family.

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A family of about 60 genera and 2000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, mainly tropical and warm temperate.

References: Bouman et al. (2021); Bouman et al. (2022); Chase et al. (2002); Levin (2016f) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016); Levin & Weakley (2023) In Weakley et al. (2023); Radcliffe-Smith (2001); Webster (1994); Webster (2014) In Kubitzki (2014). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Phyllanthus | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Emblica source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Emblica source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Emblica source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Phyllanthus | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Leptopus phyllanthoides, Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Bibb County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler | Phyllanthopsis source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Bischofia source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Moeroris source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Moeroris source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Bischofia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Michelle Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michelle | Nellica source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, Nettle Glade, Ketona Dolomite, Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Bibb County, Alabama 3 by Alan Cressler | Phyllanthopsis source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Phyllanthus source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Anirban Datta-Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Anirban Datta-Roy | Cicca acida source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Andrew Hankey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Andrew Hankey | Flueggea virosa ssp. virosa source | Original Image ⭷

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