Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This is a prostrate
or an ascending
herb of short life cycle with
branches reaching 30 cm in length
. Found on coastal rocky cliffs
and slopes
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
- 13.1 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- Family:
Phyllanthaceae
()
- Subfamily:
Phyllanthoideae
()
- Tribe:
Phyllantheae
()
- Genus:
Phyllanthus
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
revaughanii
- Coode
- Botanical name: - Phyllanthus revaughanii Coode
- Specific epithet:
revaughanii
- Coode
- Genus:
Phyllanthus
(
- Tribe:
Phyllantheae
(
- Subfamily:
Phyllanthoideae
(
- Family:
Phyllanthaceae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phyllanthus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. abnormis (Abnormis Leaflower) · P. abnormis var. riograndensis (Rio Grande Leaf-Flower) · P. acidus (Amlak) · P. acuminatus (Jamaican Gooseberry Tree) · P. allemii (Black Catnip) · P. caparaoensis (Carolina Leaf-Flower) · P. cuatrecasanus (Pink Phyllanthus) · P. cuneifolius (Wedge Leaf-Flower) · P. debilis (Niruri) · P. distichus (Pamakani Mahu) · P. dracunculoides var. tiwakaensis (Amalaki) · P. epiphyllanthus (Swordbush) · P. ericoides (Heather Leaf-Flower) · P. favieri var. kaalaensis (Gulf Leaf-Flower) · P. graveolens novogalicianus (Gamo De Costa) · P. koumacensis var. brevitepalus (Florida Leaf-Flower) · P. mirabilis (Phyllanthus) · P. myrtilloides spathulifolius (Gale of the Wind) · P. pentaphyllus (Fivepetal Leaf-Flower) · P. pentaphyllus polycladus (Fivepetal Leaf-Flower) · P. piranii (Knotweed Leaflower) · P. pudens (Birdseed Leaf-Flower) · P. pulcher (Husk Tomato) · P. stipulatus (Stipulate Leaf-Flower) · P. tenellus (Mascarene Island Leaf-Flower) · P. torrentium var. induratus (Chamber Bitter) · P. virosus (Common Bushweed)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles WCMC url p. 48.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Tezoo, V. 2000. Phyllanthus revaughanii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7149392
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-154776
- IUCN ID: 232308
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963723
Footnotes
- Tezoo, V. 2000. Phyllanthus revaughanii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
