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|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
|other_info_on_pub=name conserved
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|common_names=Snowbush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|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
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--><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><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Asia;Indian Ocean Islands;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in West Indies;Africa;tropical and subtropical regions.
|introduced=true
|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>
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name=Breynia
|author=Geoffrey A. Levin
|authority=J. R. Forster & G. Forster
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
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|basionyms=
|family=Phyllanthaceae
|distribution=Fla.;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
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|genus=Breynia
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