View source for Breynia ← Breynia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Breynia |accepted_authority=J. R. Forster & G. Forster |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Char. Gen. Pl. ed. |place=2, 145, plate 73. 1776 |year=1776 }} |common_names=Snowbush |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Phyllanthaceae;Breynia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phyllanthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Breynia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Jacob Breyne, 1637–1697, and his son Johann Philipp Breyne, 1680–1764, Polish botanists |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 328, 329, 346, 347 |treatment_page=page 345 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[trees], monoecious [dioecious], glabrous [hairy, hairs simple]; branching phyllanthoid. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate, simple, scalelike on main stems, well developed on ultimate branchlets; stipules persistent [deciduous]; blade margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, staminate proximal, few-flowered fascicles or flowers solitary, pistillate distal, flowers solitary. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 6, connate throughout [connate basally to most of length], with scales at rim of calyx tube [near bases of lobes]; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 3; filaments connate; connectives not extending beyond anthers; pistillode absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals persistent, 6, connate basally; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 3-carpellate; styles 3, distinct, 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> capsules. <b>Seeds</b> 2 per locule, rounded-trigonous; seed coat fleshy, smooth; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Florida;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in West Indies;Africa;tropical and subtropical regions. |discussion=<p>Species 10–30 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Breynia exhibits phyllanthoid branching (G. L. Webster 1956–1958), with well-developed leaves and flowers produced only on the deciduous ultimate branchlets and scalelike leaves on all other stems (referred to as main stems in this treatment). Like Glochidion and some Phyllanthus species, Breynia has a pollination mutualism with the moth genus Epicephala (reviewed in A. Kawakita and M. Kato 2009); see the discussion under 7. Glochidion for more information. Breynia is difficult taxonomically, hence the wide range in the number of species recognized within the genus.</p><!-- --><p>Some Breynia species are grown as ornamental shrubs in tropical and subtropical areas; B. disticha is the most common and widespread.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Breynia |author=Geoffrey A. Levin |authority=J. R. Forster & G. Forster |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Phyllanthaceae |distribution=Florida;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in West Indies;Africa;tropical and subtropical regions. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Char. Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1776 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_714.xml |genus=Breynia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Phyllanthaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Phyllanthaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Breynia.