Leaf-flower
Botanical name: Phyllanthaceae
Leaf-flower
Botanical name: Phyllanthaceae
Species of Leaf-flower
Poranthera
Bischofia
Breynia
Amanoa
Phyllanthopsis
Actephila
Actephila consists of monoecious trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. It is native to Southeast Asia, China, the Himalayas, Papuasia and northern Australia.
Securinega
As presently conceived, the genus is native to Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Cheese Trees
Cheese Trees is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae, known as cheese trees or buttonwood in Australia, and leafflower trees in the scientific literature. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands.
Aporosa
Aporosa are trees or shrubs. The seeds have brightly colored arils. There are about 80 species. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland.
Synostemon
The genus synostemon, of the family Phyllanthaceae, comprises about 40 species of herbs, shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes with woody bases. These plants can be monoecious or dioecious. They are distributed in Southeast Asia, Malesia and Australia. Synostemon species have alternate, entire leaves with short petioles and small stipules. Flowers appear at axiles and mainly form clusters. There are 6 perianth segments divided in 2 whorls, with female flowers often having bigger perianths. At male flowers, the perianth is tube-like, with 3 stamen. The fruit is berry-like, ovoid or globose, and fleshy.
Antidesma
Bushweeds
cleistanthus
Bridelia
Bridelia is widespread across Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Uapaca
The genus uapaca is native to Africa and Madagascar.
Leafflowers
Leafflowerss are an extremely large and incredibly diverse group of plants native to tropical and subtropical regions across the world. Leafflowerss come in a wide variety of forms and sizes. Some species are used ornamentally, while others are used in the production of chemicals. Many leafflowerss share a mutualistic relationship with so-called leafflower moths, which co-evolved with the leafflowerss and are now their prime pollinators.
Maidenbushes
Maidenbushes consists of monoecious herbs and shrubs with simple, entire leaves and small, green flowers. It comprises 9 species. Maidenbushes is native to southern Asia.
Baccaurea
Baccaurea is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus comprises over 100 species, distributed from Indomalesia to the West Pacific.
Scientific Classification
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