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><i>Breynia</i> 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 <i>Glochidion</i> and some <i>Phyllanthus</i> species, <i>Breynia</i> has a pollination mutualism with the moth genus Epicephala (reviewed in A. Kawakita and M. Kato 2009); see the discussion under 7. <i>Glochidion</i> for more information. <i>Breynia</i> is difficult taxonomically, hence the wide range in the number of species recognized within the genus.</p><!-- --><p>Some <i>Breynia</i> species are grown as ornamental shrubs in tropical and subtropical areas; <i>B. disticha</i> 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/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/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.