View source for Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides

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|accepted_name=Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Kew Bull.
|place=63: 47. 2008
|year=2008
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Lepidanthus phyllanthoides
|authority=Nuttall
|publication_title=Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s.
|publication_place=5: 175. 1835
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Andrachne phyllanthoides
|authority=(Nuttall) Müller Arg.
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=A. reverchonii
|authority=J. M. Coulter
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=A. roemeriana
|authority=(Scheele) Müller Arg.
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leptopus phyllanthoides
|authority=(Nuttall) G. L. Webster
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Phyllanthus roemerianus
|authority=Scheele
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Savia phyllanthoides
|authority=(Nuttall) Pax & K. Hoffmann
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. phyllanthoides var. reverchonii
|authority=(J. M. Coulter) Pax & K. Hoffmann
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. phyllanthoides var. roemeriana
|authority=(Scheele) Pax & K. Hoffmann
}}
|hierarchy=Phyllanthaceae;Phyllanthopsis;Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phyllanthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phyllanthopsis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 331, 333
|treatment_page=page 332
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> monoecious (often apparently dioecious), 5–10 dm. <b>Stems</b> sparsely branched, branches ascending, longest leafy branchlets to 30(–55) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0–1 mm; blade elliptic or obovate to orbiculate, 7–25 × 6–20 mm, base cuneate to cordate, apex acute to rounded or mucronate, abaxial surface glabrous or pilose, adaxial surface glabrous or midvein pilose; secondary vein pairs 4–7, clearly visible. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate flowers solitary or 2(–4) per fascicle; pistillate flowers usually solitary, rarely 2 per fascicle. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals elliptic or oblong to obovate, 1.2–2.5 mm; petals 1–2 mm; nectary 5-, 10-, or irregularly crenate; pistillode glabrous. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals elliptic to obovate, 1.5–3 mm; petals 0.4–0.8 mm; nectary 10-crenate; pistil 3-carpellate. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 3.6–6.5 mm diam., shallowly 3-lobed; columella 2.5–3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> orange to brown, sometimes mottled, 1.8–3.5 mm; caruncle usually absent, sometimes present, white to pale orange, 0.5 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting May–Sep.
|habitat=Exposed areas, riverbanks, open woodlands, limestone and dolomite.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Mo.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León).
|discussion=<p><i>Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides</i> is morphologically variable, common in parts of its range, and sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.</p>
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name=Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
|author=
|authority=(Nuttall) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmann
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Andrachne phyllanthoides;A. reverchonii;A. roemeriana;Leptopus phyllanthoides;Phyllanthus roemerianus;Savia phyllanthoides;S. phyllanthoides var. reverchonii;S. phyllanthoides var. roemeriana
|basionyms=Lepidanthus phyllanthoides
|family=Phyllanthaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting May–Sep.
|habitat=Exposed areas, riverbanks, open woodlands, limestone and dolomite.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Mo.;Okla.;Tenn.;Tex.;Mexico (Nuevo León).
|reference=None
|publication title=Kew Bull.
|publication year=2008
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_9.xml
|genus=Phyllanthopsis
|species=Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
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