Antidesma is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southeast Asia.
Phyllanthus is the largest genus in the plant family Phyllanthaceae. Estimates of the number of species in this genus vary widely, from 750 to 1200. Phyllanthus has a remarkable diversity of growth forms including annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, climbers, floating aquatics, and pachycaulous succulents. Some have flattened leaflike stems called cladodes. It has a wide variety of floral morphologies and chromosome numbers and has one of the widest range of pollen types of any seed plant genus.
Paracroton is a genus of flowering plants in the Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1859. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, as well as New Guinea.
- Paracroton integrifolius(Airy Shaw) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. - Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Paracroton pendulus(Hassk.) Miq. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
- Paracroton sterrhopodus(Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W New Guinea
- Paracroton zeylanicus(Müll.Arg.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. - Sri Lanka
Wetria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia.
- Wetria australiensisP.I.Forst. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
- Wetria insignis(Steud.) Airy Shaw - Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines
Homonoia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1790. These are rheophytes and usually found in groups at riverbanks in India, southern China, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.
- Homonoia intermediaHaines - India
- Homonoia retusa Müll.Arg. - India, Vietnam
- Homonoia riparia Lour. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Cambodia, India, Assam, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Maluku, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Neoscortechinia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1897. It is native to Southeast Asia and Papuasia.
- Neoscortechinia angustifolia(Airy Shaw) Welzen - Sabah, Kalimantan
- Neoscortechinia forbesii(Hook.f.) S.Moore - New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
- Neoscortechinia kingii(Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
- Neoscortechinia nicobarica(Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, W New Guinea
- Neoscortechinia philippinensis(Merr.) Welzen - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, W Indonesia, Philippines
- Neoscortechinia sumatrensisS.Moore - W Malaysia, N. Sumatra, Simeuluë, Borneo
Koilodepas is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1856. It is native to Southeast Asia, India, Hainan, and New Guinea.
Baccaurea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus comprises 51 species, distributed from India to Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and the West Pacific. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. Many species contain edible fruits.
Glochidion is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae, known as cheese trees or buttonwood in Australia, and leafflower trees in the scientific literature. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor. The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties found in G. calocarpum, saying that its bark and seed are most effective in curing abdominal disorders associated with amoebiasis.
Actephila is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1826. It is one of 8 genera in the tribe Poranthereae, and is most closely related to Leptopus. The name of the genus is derived from two Greek words, akte, "the seashore", and philos, "loving". It refers to a coastal habitat.
Breynia oblongifolia, commonly known as coffee bush, grows naturally in Australia and New Guinea as shrubs up to 3 m (10 ft) in height. The species produces alternate, distichous, ovate leaves 20–30 mm (0.8–1.2 in) long by 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) wide. Small, green flowers are produced in spring and summer, and these are followed by orange or pink berries about 6 mm (0.24 in) diameter that turn black when fully ripe.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Breynia vitis-idaea, the officinal breynia, is a perennial tree-like species of Phyllanthaceae, found from India east to Taiwan and Okinawa and south to Indonesia. It is a shrub or treelet with egg-shaped leaves that can reach up to 3 m tall. It has staminate flowers and spherical, red fruit.
Glochidion sumatranum known as the umbrella cheese tree is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. Although recognized as a distinct species by some sources, others include it within Glochidion zeylanicum. It is found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia. The habitat is rainforest, or rainforest margins in swampy areas, sometimes associated with palms. It may grow to 15 metres tall. The most southerly point of natural distribution is Iluka, New South Wales.
Diplospora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found in tropical and subtropical Asia.
Breynia disticha is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae, first described in 1776. It is native to New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the western Pacific, but naturalized on a wide assortment of other islands around the world, as well as in the U.S. state of Florida.
Breynia cernua grows naturally in Australia and Malesia as a shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) in height.
Glochidion lanceolarium is a species of leafflower tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. In Mandarin it is known as 艾胶算盘子.
Phyllanthus reticulatus is a plant species described Jean Louis Marie Poiret; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.
