Breynia cernua
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Breynia cernua grows naturally in Australia and Malesia as a shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) in height.[1]
Breynia cernua presumably is dependent on leafflower moths (Epicephala spp.) for its pollination, like other species of tree in the genus Breynia.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Breynia cernua". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Factsheet - Breynia cernua. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ Kawakita, A.; Kato, M. 2004. Obligate pollination mutualism in Breynia (Phyllanthaceae): further documentation of pollination mutualism involving Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae). American Journal of Botany. 91: 1319–1325
- ^ Zhang, J.; Wang, S.; Li, H.; Hu, B.; Yang, X.; Wang, Z. 2012. "Diffuse coevolution between two Epicephala species (Gracillariidae) and two Breynia species (Phyllanthaceae). PLOS ONE. 7: e41657.
Categories:
- Flora of New Guinea
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Western Australia
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Flora of Sulawesi
- Flora of the Philippines
- Flora of Borneo
- Flora of Java
- Flora of Malesia
- Plants described in 1866
- Breynia
- Malpighiales of Australia
- Phyllanthaceae stubs
- Australian rosid stubs