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Some species of ''[[Andrachne]]'', ''[[Antidesma]]'', ''[[Margaritaria]]'', and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' are in cultivation. <ref name=rhs> Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. </ref> A few species of ''[[Antidesma]]'', ''[[Baccaurea]]'', ''[[Phyllanthus]]'', and ''[[Uapaca]]'' provide edible fruit. <ref name=fpfw/>
Some species of ''[[Andrachne]]'', ''[[Antidesma]]'', ''[[Margaritaria]]'', and ''[[Phyllanthus]]'' are in cultivation. <ref name=rhs> Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. </ref> A few species of ''[[Antidesma]]'', ''[[Baccaurea]]'', ''[[Phyllanthus]]'', and ''[[Uapaca]]'' provide edible fruit. <ref name=fpfw/>


Phyllanthaceae comprises about 2000 species. <ref name=k> {{cite journal |author=Hashendra S. Kathriarachchi, Petra Hoffmann, Rosabelle Samuel, Kenneth J. Wurdack, and Mark W. Chase |title=Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from five genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3'ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=112–134 |year=2005 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.002 |pmid=15904861}} </ref><ref name=samuel2005>{{cite journal | last1 = Samuel | first1 = Rosabelle | last2 = Kathriarachchi | first2 = Hashendra S. | last3 = Hoffmann | first3 = Petra | last4 = Barfuss | first4 = Michael H.J. | last5 = Wurdack | first5 = Kenneth J. | last6 = Davis | first6 = Charles C. | last7 = Chase | first7 = Mark W. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2005 | title = Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae: evidence from plastid matK and nuclear PHYC sequences | url = | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 92 | issue = 1| pages = 132–141 }}</ref> Depending on the author, these are grouped into 54 to 60 [[Genus|genera]]. Some of the genera are poorly defined, and the number of genera in the family is likely to change as the classification is further refined. The genus Phyllanthus, one of the largest genera of flowering plants, with over 1200 species, has more than half of the species in the family. <ref name=kathri2006>{{cite journal | last1 = Kathriarachchi | first1 = Hashendra S. | last2 = Samuel | first2 = Rosabelle | last3 = Hoffmann | first3 = Petra | last4 = Mlinarec | first4 = Jelena | last5 = Wurdack | first5 = Kenneth J. | last6 = Ralimanana | first6 = Hélène | last7 = Stuessy | first7 = Tod F. | last8 = Chase | first8 = Mark W. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2006 | title = Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence data | url = | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 93 | issue = 4| pages = 637–655 }}</ref>
Phyllanthaceae comprises about 2000 species. <ref name=k> {{cite journal |author=Hashendra S. Kathriarachchi, Petra Hoffmann, Rosabelle Samuel, Kenneth J. Wurdack, and Mark W. Chase |title=Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from five genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3'ndhF, rbcL, and nuclear PHYC) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=112–134 |year=2005 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.002 |pmid=15904861}} </ref><ref name=samuel2005>{{cite journal | doi = 10.3732/ajb.92.1.132 | last1 = Samuel | first1 = Rosabelle | last2 = Kathriarachchi | first2 = Hashendra S. | last3 = Hoffmann | first3 = Petra | last4 = Barfuss | first4 = Michael H.J. | last5 = Wurdack | first5 = Kenneth J. | last6 = Davis | first6 = Charles C. | last7 = Chase | first7 = Mark W. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2005 | title = Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae: evidence from plastid matK and nuclear PHYC sequences | url = | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 92 | issue = 1| pages = 132–141 }}</ref> Depending on the author, these are grouped into 54 to 60 [[Genus|genera]]. Some of the genera are poorly defined, and the number of genera in the family is likely to change as the classification is further refined. The genus Phyllanthus, one of the largest genera of flowering plants, with over 1200 species, has more than half of the species in the family. <ref name=kathri2006>{{cite journal | doi = 10.3732/ajb.93.4.637 | last1 = Kathriarachchi | first1 = Hashendra S. | last2 = Samuel | first2 = Rosabelle | last3 = Hoffmann | first3 = Petra | last4 = Mlinarec | first4 = Jelena | last5 = Wurdack | first5 = Kenneth J. | last6 = Ralimanana | first6 = Hélène | last7 = Stuessy | first7 = Tod F. | last8 = Chase | first8 = Mark W. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2006 | title = Phylogenetics of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae) based on nrITS and plastid matK DNA sequence data | url = | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 93 | issue = 4| pages = 637–655 }}</ref>


Some of the genera have recently been "absorbed" by others, while other genera have recently been divided. <ref name=hoffmann2007>{{cite journal | last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = Petra | last2 = McPherson | first2 = Gordon | year = 2007 | title = Revision of ''Wielandia'', including ''Blotia'' and ''Petalodiscus'' (Phyllanthaceae) | url = | journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 94 | issue = 3| pages = 519–553 }}</ref><ref name=pruesapan2008> Kanchana Pruesapan, Ian R.H. Telford, Jeremy J. Bruhl, Stefano G.A. Draisma, and Peter C. Van Welzen. 2008. "Delimitation of ''Sauropus'' (Phyllanthaceae) Based on Plastid matK and Nuclear Ribosomal ITS DNA Sequence Data." ''Annals of Botany'' '''102'''(6):1007-1018. (see ''External links'' below) </ref> The largest genera and the approximate number of species in each are: [[Phyllanthus]](1270), [[Cleistanthus]](140), [[Antidesma]](100), [[Aporosa]](90), [[Uapaca]](60), [[Baccaurea]](50), and [[Bridelia]](50). <ref name="apweb"> "Phyllanthaceae" In: Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. In: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see external links below) </ref>
Some of the genera have recently been "absorbed" by others, while other genera have recently been divided. <ref name=hoffmann2007>{{cite journal | doi = 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[519:ROWIBA]2.0.CO;2 | last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = Petra | last2 = McPherson | first2 = Gordon | year = 2007 | title = Revision of ''Wielandia'', including ''Blotia'' and ''Petalodiscus'' (Phyllanthaceae) | url = | journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 94 | issue = 3| pages = 519–553 }}</ref><ref name=pruesapan2008> Kanchana Pruesapan, Ian R.H. Telford, Jeremy J. Bruhl, Stefano G.A. Draisma, and Peter C. Van Welzen. 2008. "Delimitation of ''Sauropus'' (Phyllanthaceae) Based on Plastid matK and Nuclear Ribosomal ITS DNA Sequence Data." ''Annals of Botany'' '''102'''(6):1007-1018. (see ''External links'' below) </ref> The largest genera and the approximate number of species in each are: [[Phyllanthus]](1270), [[Cleistanthus]](140), [[Antidesma]](100), [[Aporosa]](90), [[Uapaca]](60), [[Baccaurea]](50), and [[Bridelia]](50). <ref name="apweb"> "Phyllanthaceae" In: Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. In: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see external links below) </ref>


The list of 54 genera below is from the 2006 revision of Phyllanthaceae by Petra Hoffmann and co-workers. <ref name=hoffmann2006>{{cite journal | last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = Petra | last2 = Kathriarachchi | first2 = Hashendra S. | last3 = Wurdack | first3 = Kenneth J. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2006 | title = A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae | url = | journal = Kew Bulletin | volume = 61 | issue = 1| pages = 37–53 }}</ref> In their treatment, [[Blotia]] and [[Petalodiscus]] were "sunk" into [[Wielandia]], [[Richeriella]] into [[Flueggea]],while [[Breynia]], [[Glochidion]], [[Reverchonia]], and [[Sauropus]] were subsumed into [[Phyllanthus]]. For older changes in the [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscription]] of genera, see the [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonymy]] at [[Taxonomy of the Phyllanthaceae]].
The list of 54 genera below is from the 2006 revision of Phyllanthaceae by Petra Hoffmann and co-workers. <ref name=hoffmann2006>{{cite journal | last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = Petra | last2 = Kathriarachchi | first2 = Hashendra S. | last3 = Wurdack | first3 = Kenneth J. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2006 | title = A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae | url = | journal = Kew Bulletin | volume = 61 | issue = 1| pages = 37–53 }}</ref> In their treatment, [[Blotia]] and [[Petalodiscus]] were "sunk" into [[Wielandia]], [[Richeriella]] into [[Flueggea]],while [[Breynia]], [[Glochidion]], [[Reverchonia]], and [[Sauropus]] were subsumed into [[Phyllanthus]]. For older changes in the [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|circumscription]] of genera, see the [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonymy]] at [[Taxonomy of the Phyllanthaceae]].


Since Phyllanthaceae was revised in 2006, one paper has "carved" ''[[Heterosavia]]'' out of ''[[Savia]]''.<ref name="hoffmann2008">{{cite journal | last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = Petra | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2008 | title = Revision of ''Heterosavia'', status novus, with notes on ''Gonatogyne'' and ''Savia'' (Phyllanthaceae) | url = | journal = Brittonia | volume = 60 | issue = 2| pages = 136–166 }}</ref> Another has separated ''[[Notoleptopus]]'' from ''[[Leptopus]]'', and segregated ''[[Pseudophyllanthus]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthopsis]]'' from ''[[Andrachne]]''. Also, Oreoporanthera has been subsumed into ''[[Poranthera]]'', while Zimmermannia and Zimmermanniopsis have been sunk into ''[[Meineckia]]''.<ref name="vorontsova2008">{{cite journal | last1 = Vorontsova | first1 = Maria S. | last2 = Hoffmann | first2 = Petra | year = 2008 | title = A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae) | url = | journal = Kew Bulletin | volume = 63 | issue = 1| pages = 41–59 }}</ref> The large genus ''[[Cleistanthus]]'' is known to be polyphyletic, but further studies will be needed before it can be revised. <ref name=k/>
Since Phyllanthaceae was revised in 2006, one paper has "carved" ''[[Heterosavia]]'' out of ''[[Savia]]''.<ref name="hoffmann2008">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s12228-008-9012-5 | last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = Petra | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 2008 | title = Revision of ''Heterosavia'', status novus, with notes on ''Gonatogyne'' and ''Savia'' (Phyllanthaceae) | url = | journal = Brittonia | volume = 60 | issue = 2| pages = 136–166 }}</ref> Another has separated ''[[Notoleptopus]]'' from ''[[Leptopus]]'', and segregated ''[[Pseudophyllanthus]]'' and ''[[Phyllanthopsis]]'' from ''[[Andrachne]]''. Also, Oreoporanthera has been subsumed into ''[[Poranthera]]'', while Zimmermannia and Zimmermanniopsis have been sunk into ''[[Meineckia]]''.<ref name="vorontsova2008">{{cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s12225-007-9012-8 | last1 = Vorontsova | first1 = Maria S. | last2 = Hoffmann | first2 = Petra | year = 2008 | title = A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae) | url = | journal = Kew Bulletin | volume = 63 | issue = 1| pages = 41–59 }}</ref> The large genus ''[[Cleistanthus]]'' is known to be polyphyletic, but further studies will be needed before it can be revised. <ref name=k/>


== Genera ==
== Genera ==
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== Description ==
== Description ==
The description here is from Hoffmann,<ref name="fpfw"/><ref name="hoffmann2006"/> except for a few additions from Webster<ref name="webster1994a">{{cite journal | last1 = Webster | first1 = Grady L. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 1994 | title = Classification of the Euphorbiaceae | url = | journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 3–32 }}</ref> and Hutchinson <ref name="hutchinson1973"> John Hutchinson. "Euphorbiaceae" pages 329-330. In: ''The Families of Flowering Plants, Third Edition (1973)''. Oxford University Press: London. </ref> where cited. Phyllanthaceae is an unusually diverse family for its moderate size. It can be recognized only by a combination of characters because there are a few exceptions to almost everything that is generally true of the family. It is most notable for having two [[ovule]]s in each [[locule]] of the [[Ovary (plants)|ovary]], a trait that clearly distinguishes it from [[Euphorbiaceae]].
The description here is from Hoffmann,<ref name="fpfw"/><ref name="hoffmann2006"/> except for a few additions from Webster<ref name="webster1994a">{{cite journal | doi = 10.2307/2399908 | last1 = Webster | first1 = Grady L. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 1994 | title = Classification of the Euphorbiaceae | url = http://jstor.org/stable/2399908| journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 3–32 }}</ref> and Hutchinson <ref name="hutchinson1973"> John Hutchinson. "Euphorbiaceae" pages 329-330. In: ''The Families of Flowering Plants, Third Edition (1973)''. Oxford University Press: London. </ref> where cited. Phyllanthaceae is an unusually diverse family for its moderate size. It can be recognized only by a combination of characters because there are a few exceptions to almost everything that is generally true of the family. It is most notable for having two [[ovule]]s in each [[locule]] of the [[Ovary (plants)|ovary]], a trait that clearly distinguishes it from [[Euphorbiaceae]].


The Phyllanthaceae are nearly all [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s, or [[Herbaceous plant|herbs]]. A few are [[Vine|climbers]], or [[Succulent plant|succulents]], and one species, ''[[Phyllanthus fluitans]]'', is [[Aquatic plant|aquatic]]. Unlike many of the [[Euphorbiaceae]], none have [[latex]], and only a very few produce a [[resin]]ous exudate. Any [[Indumentum|hairs]], if present, are almost always simple. Rarely are they branched or scale-like. Thorns and other armament are rare.
The Phyllanthaceae are nearly all [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s, or [[Herbaceous plant|herbs]]. A few are [[Vine|climbers]], or [[Succulent plant|succulents]], and one species, ''[[Phyllanthus fluitans]]'', is [[Aquatic plant|aquatic]]. Unlike many of the [[Euphorbiaceae]], none have [[latex]], and only a very few produce a [[resin]]ous exudate. Any [[Indumentum|hairs]], if present, are almost always simple. Rarely are they branched or scale-like. Thorns and other armament are rare.
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Martynov's name was rarely used in the 180 years after he published it. During that time, the plants that are now in Phyllanthaceae were placed in the large and heterogeneous family [[Euphorbiaceae]]. The [[monophyly]] of Euphorbiaceae had long been held in doubt by some, but the first strong evidence of its [[polyphyly]] came in 1993 with the first [[maximum parsimony]] analysis of [[DNA sequence]]s of the [[gene]] [[RuBisCO|rbcL]] from a large number of [[Spermatophyte|seed plants]]. <ref name="chase1993"> Mark W. Chase et alii (42 authors). 1993. "Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene ''rbcL.''" ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' '''80'''(3):528-580. </ref> Since the 1993 study, all subsequent [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] analyses have shown that the old concept of Euphorbiaceae consisted of several [[Lineage (evolution)|lineages]] that did not together form a [[clade]] in the order [[Malpighiales]]. Euphorbiaceae is now defined as a much smaller family than it had been in the twentieth century. <ref name="tokuoka2007"> Toru Tokuoka. 2007. "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences and ovule and seed character evolution." ''Journal of Plant Research'' '''120'''(4):511-522. (see ''External links'' below). </ref><ref name="davis2007"> Charles C. Davis, Maribeth Latvis, Daniel L. Nickrent, Kenneth J. Wurdack, and David A. Baum. 2007. "Floral Gigantism in Rafflesiaceae." ''Science'' '''315'''(5820):1812. (see ''External links'' below). </ref> [[Pandaceae]], Phyllanthaceae, [[Picrodendraceae]], [[Putranjivaceae]], [[Peraceae]], and [[Centroplacaceae]] have been removed from it. <ref name="apweb"/>
Martynov's name was rarely used in the 180 years after he published it. During that time, the plants that are now in Phyllanthaceae were placed in the large and heterogeneous family [[Euphorbiaceae]]. The [[monophyly]] of Euphorbiaceae had long been held in doubt by some, but the first strong evidence of its [[polyphyly]] came in 1993 with the first [[maximum parsimony]] analysis of [[DNA sequence]]s of the [[gene]] [[RuBisCO|rbcL]] from a large number of [[Spermatophyte|seed plants]]. <ref name="chase1993"> Mark W. Chase et alii (42 authors). 1993. "Phylogenetics of seed plants: an analysis of nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene ''rbcL.''" ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' '''80'''(3):528-580. </ref> Since the 1993 study, all subsequent [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] analyses have shown that the old concept of Euphorbiaceae consisted of several [[Lineage (evolution)|lineages]] that did not together form a [[clade]] in the order [[Malpighiales]]. Euphorbiaceae is now defined as a much smaller family than it had been in the twentieth century. <ref name="tokuoka2007"> Toru Tokuoka. 2007. "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences and ovule and seed character evolution." ''Journal of Plant Research'' '''120'''(4):511-522. (see ''External links'' below). </ref><ref name="davis2007"> Charles C. Davis, Maribeth Latvis, Daniel L. Nickrent, Kenneth J. Wurdack, and David A. Baum. 2007. "Floral Gigantism in Rafflesiaceae." ''Science'' '''315'''(5820):1812. (see ''External links'' below). </ref> [[Pandaceae]], Phyllanthaceae, [[Picrodendraceae]], [[Putranjivaceae]], [[Peraceae]], and [[Centroplacaceae]] have been removed from it. <ref name="apweb"/>


The obsolete, older concept of Euphorbiaceae, known as Euphorbiaceae [[sensu lato]], is sometimes still used for continuity and convenience. <ref name="keyseuphorbs"> Petra Hoffmann, Don Kirkup, Aimee Galster, Gill Challen, and Alan Radcliffe-Smith. 2005 onward. Interactive Key to the Genera of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. In: Index of /herbarium/keys. (see ''External links'' below). </ref> It was the subject of a book and two papers which stood as the standard works on Phyllanthaceae until that family was revised by Hoffmann and co-authors in 2006. <ref name="webster1994a">{{cite journal | last1 = Webster | first1 = Grady L. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 1994 | title = Classification of the Euphorbiaceae | url = | journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 3–32 }}</ref> <ref name="radcliffe-smith2001"> Alan Radcliffe-Smith. 2001. ''Genera Euphorbiacearum.'' Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England. </ref><ref name="webster1994b">{{cite journal | last1 = Webster | first1 = Grady L. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 1994 | title = Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae | url = | journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 33–144 }}</ref>
The obsolete, older concept of Euphorbiaceae, known as Euphorbiaceae [[sensu lato]], is sometimes still used for continuity and convenience. <ref name="keyseuphorbs"> Petra Hoffmann, Don Kirkup, Aimee Galster, Gill Challen, and Alan Radcliffe-Smith. 2005 onward. Interactive Key to the Genera of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. In: Index of /herbarium/keys. (see ''External links'' below). </ref> It was the subject of a book and two papers which stood as the standard works on Phyllanthaceae until that family was revised by Hoffmann and co-authors in 2006. <ref name="webster1994a">{{cite journal | doi = 10.2307/2399908 | last1 = Webster | first1 = Grady L. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 1994 | title = Classification of the Euphorbiaceae | url = http://jstor.org/stable/2399908| journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 3–32 }}</ref> <ref name="radcliffe-smith2001"> Alan Radcliffe-Smith. 2001. ''Genera Euphorbiacearum.'' Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond, England. </ref><ref name="webster1994b">{{cite journal | doi = 10.2307/2399909 | last1 = Webster | first1 = Grady L. | author-separator =, | author-name-separator= | year = 1994 | title = Synopsis of the genera and suprageneric taxa of Euphorbiaceae | url = http://jstor.org/stable/2399909| journal = Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden | volume = 81 | issue = 1| pages = 33–144 }}</ref>


== Classification ==
== Classification ==

Revision as of 13:30, 17 December 2010

Phyllanthaceae
Breynia disticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiospermae
(unranked):
eudicots
(unranked):
rosids
(unranked):
Fabids (Eurosids I)
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Phyllanthaceae

Genera

See text.

Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae. [1]

The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate zone. [2]

Some species of Andrachne, Antidesma, Margaritaria, and Phyllanthus are in cultivation. [3] A few species of Antidesma, Baccaurea, Phyllanthus, and Uapaca provide edible fruit. [2]

Phyllanthaceae comprises about 2000 species. [4][5] Depending on the author, these are grouped into 54 to 60 genera. Some of the genera are poorly defined, and the number of genera in the family is likely to change as the classification is further refined. The genus Phyllanthus, one of the largest genera of flowering plants, with over 1200 species, has more than half of the species in the family. [6]

Some of the genera have recently been "absorbed" by others, while other genera have recently been divided. [7][8] The largest genera and the approximate number of species in each are: Phyllanthus(1270), Cleistanthus(140), Antidesma(100), Aporosa(90), Uapaca(60), Baccaurea(50), and Bridelia(50). [9]

The list of 54 genera below is from the 2006 revision of Phyllanthaceae by Petra Hoffmann and co-workers. [10] In their treatment, Blotia and Petalodiscus were "sunk" into Wielandia, Richeriella into Flueggea,while Breynia, Glochidion, Reverchonia, and Sauropus were subsumed into Phyllanthus. For older changes in the circumscription of genera, see the synonymy at Taxonomy of the Phyllanthaceae.

Since Phyllanthaceae was revised in 2006, one paper has "carved" Heterosavia out of Savia.[11] Another has separated Notoleptopus from Leptopus, and segregated Pseudophyllanthus and Phyllanthopsis from Andrachne. Also, Oreoporanthera has been subsumed into Poranthera, while Zimmermannia and Zimmermanniopsis have been sunk into Meineckia.[12] The large genus Cleistanthus is known to be polyphyletic, but further studies will be needed before it can be revised. [4]

Genera

Description

The description here is from Hoffmann,[2][10] except for a few additions from Webster[13] and Hutchinson [14] where cited. Phyllanthaceae is an unusually diverse family for its moderate size. It can be recognized only by a combination of characters because there are a few exceptions to almost everything that is generally true of the family. It is most notable for having two ovules in each locule of the ovary, a trait that clearly distinguishes it from Euphorbiaceae.

The Phyllanthaceae are nearly all trees, shrubs, or herbs. A few are climbers, or succulents, and one species, Phyllanthus fluitans, is aquatic. Unlike many of the Euphorbiaceae, none have latex, and only a very few produce a resinous exudate. Any hairs, if present, are almost always simple. Rarely are they branched or scale-like. Thorns and other armament are rare.

Stipules are produced with each leaf, but in some, these fall before the leaf is fully mature. Leaves are present, except for a few species of Phyllanthus that have flattened, leaflike stems called cladodes that bear flowers along their edges. The leaves are compound in Bischofia, but otherwise simple and usually alternate. Rarely are they opposite, in fascicles, or in whorls around the stem. The leaf margin is almost always entire, rarely toothed. A petiole is nearly always present, often with a pulvinus at its base.

The inflorescences are usually in the axils of leaves, rarely below the leaves or at the ends of stems. In Uapaca, the flowers are in a pseudanthium, a tight bundle of flowers that resembles a single flower.

Except for four species of Aporosa, the flowers are unisexual, the plants being either monoecious or dioecious. The flowers are actinomorphic in form. Detailed illustrations have been published for some of these.[12]

The sepals are three to eight in number, usually free from each other. Petals may be absent or present. If present, there are usually four to six, and their color is yellow to green, or rarely, pink or maroon.

A nectary disk is often present. It may be in the form of a ring, or divided into segments. The stamens are three to ten in number, or rarely more, free or variously fused.

The ovary is superior. The number of locules in the ovary is highly variable, usually from two to five, but sometimes as many as fifteen. The placentation is apical, with a pair of ovules hanging by their funicles from the top of each locule. [14] Often, only one of the ovules will develop into a seed. A single, massive obturator may cover the micropyles of both ovules, or each ovule may have its own thin obturator. The megagametophyte is of the Polygonum type. [13] The style is usually 2-lobed or bifid, sometimes entire, or rarely multifid.

The fruit is a schizocarp, drupe, or berry. In some, the schizocarp breaks up explosively.

History

The name "Phyllanthaceae" was first validly published by Ivan Ivanovich Martynov in 1820 in a Russian book entitled Tekhno-botanico Slovar. A proposal to conserve this name was published in 2007. [15]

Martynov's name was rarely used in the 180 years after he published it. During that time, the plants that are now in Phyllanthaceae were placed in the large and heterogeneous family Euphorbiaceae. The monophyly of Euphorbiaceae had long been held in doubt by some, but the first strong evidence of its polyphyly came in 1993 with the first maximum parsimony analysis of DNA sequences of the gene rbcL from a large number of seed plants. [16] Since the 1993 study, all subsequent phylogenetic analyses have shown that the old concept of Euphorbiaceae consisted of several lineages that did not together form a clade in the order Malpighiales. Euphorbiaceae is now defined as a much smaller family than it had been in the twentieth century. [17][18] Pandaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Picrodendraceae, Putranjivaceae, Peraceae, and Centroplacaceae have been removed from it. [9]

The obsolete, older concept of Euphorbiaceae, known as Euphorbiaceae sensu lato, is sometimes still used for continuity and convenience. [19] It was the subject of a book and two papers which stood as the standard works on Phyllanthaceae until that family was revised by Hoffmann and co-authors in 2006. [13] [20][21]

Classification

In the past, the genera Centroplacus, Paradrypetes, and Phyllanoa had been placed in Phyllanthaceae, but these are now excluded from the family. Centroplacus is now in the family Centroplacaceae.[9] Paradrypetes is in Rhizophoraceae.[1] Phyllanoa is known only from a single specimen. In 1996, this was examined and found to be a species of Rinorea (Violaceae). [22]

The family Phyllanthaceae is divided into two subfamilies: Antidesmatoideae and Phyllanthoideae. Antidesmatoideae is divided into six tribes and Phyllanthoideae is divided into four. The tribe Antidesmateae of Antidesmatoideae, and the tribes Bridelieae and Wielandieae of Phyllanthoideae are further divided into subtribes. The following classification table is from the 2006 revision of Phyllanthaceae.

Incertae sedis: Chonocentrum

Subfamily Antidesmatoideae 6 tribes

Tribe Bischofieae 1 genus
Bischofia
Tribe Uapaceae 1 genus
Uapaca
Tribe Spondiantheae 1 genus
Spondianthus
Tribe Scepeae 8 genera
Aporosa
Ashtonia
Baccaurea
Distichirrhops
Maesobotrya
Nothobaccaurea
Protomegabaria
Richeria
Tribe Jablonskieae 2 genera
Jablonskia
Celianella
Tribe Antidesmateae 5 subtribes
Subtribe Hieronyminae 1 genus
Hieronyma
Subtribe Leptonematinae 1 genus
Leptonema
Subtribe Martretiinae 2 genera
Martretia
Apodiscus
Subtribe Hymenocardiinae 2 genera
Hymenocardia
Didymocistus
Subtribe Antidesmatinae 2 genera
Antidesma
Thecacoris

Subfamily Phyllanthoideae 4 tribes

Tribe Bridelieae 5 subtribes
Subtribe Securineginae 2 genera
Securinega
Lachnostylis
Subtribe Saviinae 5 genera
Savia
Croizatia
Discocarpus
Gonatogyne
Tacarcuna
Subtribe Pseudolachnostylidinae 4 genera
Cleistanthus collinus
Pseudolachnostylis
Bridelia
Cleistanthus
Pentabrachion
Subtribe Keayodendrinae 1 genus
Keayodendron
Subtribe Amanoinae 1 genus
Amanoa
Tribe Phyllantheae 5 genera
Phyllanthus
Flueggea
Lingelsheimia
Margaritaria
Plagiocladus
Tribe Wielandieae 2 subtribes
Subtribe Astrocasiinae 3 genera
Astrocasia
Chascotheca
Heywoodia
Subtribe Wielandiinae 3 genera
Wielandia
Chorisandrachne
Dicoelia
Tribe Poranthereae 8 genera
Poranthera
Actephila
Andrachne
Leptopus
Meineckia
Oreoporanthera
Zimmermannia
Zimmermanniopsis

Phylogeny

The revision of Phyllanthaceae by Hoffmann and co-authors was based on two molecular phylogenetic studies that were published in 2005. [4][5] Since the revision, phylogenetic studies have been done on some of the tribes. [6][23]

The phylogenetic tree shown below is based on the results of several studies. [6][10][11][12] Fifty-one genera are represented. Chonocentrum(Phyllanthaceae, incertae sedis), and three members of the tribe Scepeae (Ashtonia, Distichirrhops, and Nothobaccaurea) have not yet been sampled for DNA. Chonocentrum is known from only a single specimen collected in the 1850s.[22]

In the phylogeny shown below, statistical support for the clades was measured by bootstrap percentage. All branches shown below have maximum parsimony bootstrap support of at least 70%.

Antidesmatoideae 
Phyllanthoideae 

References

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