Phyllanthus reticulatus

Phyllanthus reticulatus[2] is a plant species described Jean Louis Marie Poiret; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.[3][4]

Phyllanthus reticulatus
Leaves and flowers
Fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Phyllanthus
Species:	P. reticulatus
Binomial name
Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir.
Synonyms[1]
List Anisonema dubium Blume Anisonema intermedium Decne. Anisonema jamaicense (Griseb.) Griseb. Anisonema multiflorum (Baill.) Wight Anisonema puberulum Baill. Anisonema reticulatum (Poir.) A.Juss. Anisonema wrightianum Baill. Anisonema zollingeri Miq. Cicca decandra Blanco Cicca reticulata (Poir.) Kurz Diasperus multiflorus (Baill.) Kuntze Diasperus reticulatus (Poir.) Kuntze Kirganelia dubia (Blume) Baill. Kirganelia intermedia (Decne.) Baill. Kirganelia lineata Alston Kirganelia multiflora Baill. Kirganelia prieuriana Baill. Kirganelia puberula Baill. Kirganelia reticulata (Poir.) Baill. Kirganelia sinensis Baill. Kirganelia wightiana Baill. Melanthesa oblongifolia Oken Phyllanthus alaternoides Rchb. ex Baill. Phyllanthus chamissonis Klotzsch Phyllanthus dalbergioides (Müll.Arg.) Wall. ex J.J.Sm. Phyllanthus depressus Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn [Illegitimate] Phyllanthus griseus Wall. [Invalid] Phyllanthus jamaicensis Griseb. Phyllanthus microcarpus var. dalbergioides Müll.Arg. Phyllanthus microcarpus var. pallidus Müll.Arg. Phyllanthus multiflorus Willd. [Illegitimate] Phyllanthus oblongifolius Pax Phyllanthus pentandrus Roxb. ex Thwaites [Illegitimate] Phyllanthus prieurianus (Baill.) Müll.Arg. Phyllanthus puberulus Miq. ex Baill. Phyllanthus pulchellus A. Juss. Phyllanthus reticulatus var. reticulatus Phyllanthus scandens Roxb. ex Dillwyn Phyllanthus spinescens Wall. [Invalid] Phyllanthus takaoensis Hayata

This is an Asian species of Phyllanthus (but it was also introduced to Jamaica); it has been confused with P. polyspermus.[5] In Vietnamese its name is phèn đen (sometimes diệp hạ châu mạng).

Phyllanthus reticulatus is pollinated by several different species of Epicephala in East Asia. The adult moths pollinate the flowers but lay eggs in the P. reticulatus flowers' ovaries, where the emerging larvae consume some of the developing seeds.[6]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life:[3]

• Phyllanthus reticulatus var. glaber (Thwaites) Müll.Arg.
• P. r. reticulatus (see synonyms)

Description

Phyllanthus reticulatus is a shrub, sometimes partially scrambling and usually only up to 5 m high, with light reddish-brown or grey-brown with hairy stems when young, which become smooth with age. For a full description see Flora of China and the gallery below.

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References

1. The Plant List (accessed 18 April 2017)
2. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, 1804 In: Encycl. 5: 298
3. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
5. Luo, S.X., H.-J. Esser, D. Zhang, and S. S. Renner. 2011. Nuclear ITS sequences help disentangle Phyllanthus reticulatus (Phyllanthaceae), an Asian species not occurring in Africa, but introduced to Jamaica. Systematic Botany 36(1): 99-104.
6. Kawakita, A.; Kato, M. 2009. "Repeated independent evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the Phyllantheae-Epicephala association." Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276: 417–426.

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• Data related to Phyllanthus reticulatus at Wikispecies