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|accepted_name=Phyllanthopsis arida
|accepted_authority=(Warnock & M. C. Johnston) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Kew Bull.
|place=63: 47. 2008
|year=2008
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Savia arida
|authority=Warnock & M. C. Johnston
|rank=species
|publication_title=SouthW. Naturalist
|publication_place=5: 3. 1960
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Andrachne arida
|authority=(Warnock & M. C. Johnston) G. L. Webster
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Phyllanthaceae;Phyllanthopsis;Phyllanthopsis arida
|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 arida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 331
|treatment_page=page 332
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> dioecious, (2–)4–6(–10) dm. <b>Stems</b> highly branched, branches spreading, longest leafy branchlets to 10 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 0.5–3 mm; blade elliptic, 4–10 × 3–6 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to rounded or mucronate, both surfaces pilose; secondary vein pairs 1–3, obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate flowers usually solitary, sometimes 2–3 per fascicle; pistillate flowers usually solitary, rarely 2 per fascicle. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals oblong to obovate, 1–1.5 mm; petals 0.8–1 mm; nectary 10- or irregularly crenulate; pistillode pilose. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals elliptic to oblong, 1–1.5 mm; petals 0.4–0.6 mm; nectary 5- to 10-crenate; pistil 3(–4)-carpellate. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose, 5–6 mm diam., shallowly 3(–4)-lobed; columella 2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown, 2.5–3 mm; caruncle absent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Scrub and rock crevices, limestone.
|elevation=1000–2500 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|discussion=<p><i>Phyllanthopsis arida</i> is rare; populations are highly localized, known only from El Solitario and the Dead Horse Mountains in the Big Bend region of Texas and two localities in nearby Mexico. Its distribution may be relictual (B. H. Warnock and M. C. Johnston 1960).</p>
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name=Phyllanthopsis arida
|authority=(Warnock & M. C. Johnston) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmann
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Andrachne arida
|basionyms=Savia arida
|family=Phyllanthaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Scrub and rock crevices, limestone.
|elevation=1000–2500 m.
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=Kew Bull.
|publication year=2008
|special status=Illustrated;Conservation concern
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|genus=Phyllanthopsis
|species=Phyllanthopsis arida
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