| Pseudophyllanthus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Poranthereae |
| Genus: | Pseudophyllanthus (Müll. Arg.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm. |
| Species: | P. ovalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophyllanthus ovalis | |
| Synonyms | |
Andrachne ovalis(E.Mey. ex Sond.) Müll.Arg. | |
Pseudophyllanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of the eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. Its closest relative is Poranthera . Its sole species is Pseudophyllanthus ovalis.
It is a dioecious, or rarely monoecious, shrub or small tree, native to southern Africa. It had been included in the genus Andrachne , but in 2007 a molecular phylogenetic study of DNA sequences showed that it did not belong there. [1] In 2008, the new genus Pseudophyllanthus was created for it. [2]