Breynia macrantha, commonly known as pumpkin fruit, pumpkin bush or Atherton sauropus, is a rainforest tree native to the central and eastern Himalayas, Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and north-east Queensland.[1][2] It is listed as "vulnerable" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.[3]
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| Breynia macrantha |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Malpighiales |
| Family: |
Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: |
Breynia |
| Species: |
B. macrantha |
| Binomial name |
Breynia macrantha
( Hassk.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Aalius forcipata (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891)
- Aalius macrantha (Hassk.) Kuntze (1891)
- Aalius macrophylla (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891)
- Aalius spectabilis (Miq.) Kuntze (1891)
- Glochidion umbratile Maiden & Betche (1905)
- Phyllanthus forcipatus (Hook.f.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. (2009)
- Sauropus forcipatus Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 5: 334 (1887)
- Sauropus grandifolius Pax & K.Hoffm. (1922)
- Sauropus grandifolius var. tonkinensis Beille (1927)
- Sauropus longipedicellatus Merr. & Chun (1934)
- Sauropus macranthus Hassk. (1855)
- Sauropus macrophyllus Hook.f. (1887)
- Sauropus robinsonii Merr. (1912 publ. 1913)
- Sauropus ruber Teijsm. & Binn. ex Pax & K.Hoffm. (1922)
- Sauropus spectabilis Miq. (1861)
- Sauropus wichurae Müll.Arg. ex Pax & K.Hoffm. (1922)
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