Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and the Indian subcontinent.[1] It is recognized as a distinct species by some sources, as Glochidion sumatranum and other synonyms.[2][1] The habitat is rainforest, or rainforest margins in swampy areas, sometimes associated with palms. It may grow to 15 metres tall. The most southerly point of natural distribution is Iluka, New South Wales.[2]
Quick facts Scientific classification, Trinomial name ...
| Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Malpighiales |
| Family: |
Phyllanthaceae |
| Genus: |
Glochidion |
| Species: |
(Gaertn.) A.Juss. |
| Variety: |
G. z. var. zeylanicum |
| Trinomial name |
Glochidion zeylanicum var. zeylanicum
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| Synonyms[1] |
- Agyneia flexuosa B.Heyne ex Benth. (1847), nom. nud.
- Agyneia obliqua Willd. (1805)
- Bradleia nitida Roxb. (1832)
- Bradleia obliqua (Willd.) Spreng. (1826)
- Bradleia timoriensis Steud. (1840)
- Diasperus brunneus (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891)
- Diasperus hongkongensis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (1891)
- Diasperus nitidus (Roxb.) Kuntze (1891)
- Diasperus obliquus (Willd.) Kuntze (1891)
- Diasperus perakensis (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891)
- Glochidion brunneum Hook.f. (1887)
- Glochidion brunneum subsp. andamanicum N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. (1983)
- Glochidion canaranum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd. (1873)
- Glochidion ferdinandi var. supra-axillare (Benth.) F.M.Bailey (1902)
- Glochidion glaberrimum Ridl. (1923)
- Glochidion hongkongense Müll.Arg. (1863)
- Glochidion lanceolatum var. liukiuense (Hayata) Hurus. (1954)
- Glochidion littorale Benth. (1861), nom. illeg.
- Glochidion liukiuense Hayata (1911)
- Glochidion nitidum (Roxb.) Voigt (1845)
- Glochidion obliquum (Willd.) Decne. (1834)
- Glochidion pedunculatum Merr. (1916)
- Glochidion perakense Hook.f. (1887)
- Glochidion perakense var. supra-axillare (Benth.) Airy Shaw (1972)
- Glochidion sumatranum Miq. (1861)
- Glochidion supra-axillare (Benth.) Domin (1927)
- Glochidion zeylanicum var. malayanum J.J.Sm. (1910)
- Glochidion zeylanicum var. nitidum (Roxb.) Haines (1921)
- Phyllanthus canaranus Müll.Arg. in Flora 48: 871 (1865)
- Phyllanthus ferdinandi var. supra-axillaris Benth. (1873)
- Phyllanthus hongkongensis (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. (1865)
- Phyllanthus nitidus (Roxb.) Reinw. ex Blume (1856)
- Phyllanthus obliquus (Willd.) Müll.Arg. (1865)
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Glochidion zeylanicum var. zelyanicum is presumably is dependent on leafflower moths (Epicephala spp.) for its pollination, like other species of tree in the genus Glochidion.[3]
