Glochidion nemorale

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Glochidion nemorale
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Glochidion
Species:
G. nemorale
Binomial name
Glochidion nemorale
Thwaites (1861)
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Diasperus gardneri(Thwaites) Kuntze (1891)
  • Diasperus nemoralis(Thwaites) Kuntze (1891)
  • Glochidion acutifoliumAlston (1928)
  • Glochidion gardneriThwaites (1861)
  • Glochidion gardneri var. acuminatumTrimen (1898)
  • Glochidion leptogynum(Müll.Arg.) Bedd. (1873)
  • Glochidion montanum var. glaberrimumAlston (1928)
  • Glochidion montanum f. subglabrum(Trimen) Alston (1928)
  • Glochidion moonii var. subglabrumTrimen (1898)
  • Phyllanthus leptogynusMüll.Arg. (1865)
  • Phyllanthus moonii var. subglaber(Trimen) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009)
  • Phyllanthus nemoralis(Thwaites) Müll.Arg. (1865)

Glochidion nemorale is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Sri Lanka. [1]

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