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Phyllanthus boehmii

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Identification
Phyllanthus boehmii Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Radcliffe-Smith, A.,
Related name
  • Phyllanthus rotundifolius
  • Phyllanthus zornioides
  • Phyllanthus boehmii
  • Phyllanthus hutchinsonianus

Flora

Entry for Phyllanthus boehmii Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Phyllanthus boehmii Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 525 (1893). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 236 (1895). —Hutchinson in F.T.A. 6, 1: 719 (1912). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 26 (1921). —Jean F. Brunel, Phyllanthus Afr. Intertrop. Mad.: 398 (1987), unpublished thesis. —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 54 (1987). Type from Tanzania (Western Province).
Phyllanthus paivanus Jean F. Brunel [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Phyllanthus Afr. Intertrop. Mad.: 353 (1987), unpublished thesis.
Information
Very like Phyllanthus arvensis, but with foliage leaf blades elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate-oblong and often parallel-sided; lateral nerves much less conspicuous and more symmetrically arranged; and the male disk glands ± smooth.
Habitat
In moist localities, in seasonally flooded grassland beside rivers and streams
Altitude range
1700–1870 m.
1870
1700
Distribution
Mozambique N Maniamba, Serra Jeci near Malulo, fl. 3.iii.1964, Torre & Paiva 10986 (LISC) (type of P. paivanus).Malawi N Chitipa Distr., Jembya Forest Reserve, 18 km SSE of Chisenga, male fl. & fr. 18.xii.1988, Thompson & Rawlins 5613 (CM; K).
Distribution (external)
Zaire
Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania

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