Phyllanthaceae

Genera 60 Accepted species 2,120 Documented here 142 Coverage 7%

We document 142 of the 2,120 accepted species in Phyllanthaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 27 of 60

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Phyllanthus 52 875
Glochidion 17 333
Bridelia 10 50
Antidesma 8 104
Breynia 8 96
Poranthera 6 17
Flueggea 5 18
Aporosa 3 86
Baccaurea 3 53
Hieronyma 3 23
Margaritaria 3 13
Uapaca 3 25
Actephila 2 38
Andrachne 2 21
Cleistanthus 2 135
Hymenocardia 2 6
Lachnostylis 2 3
Synostemon 2 37
Amanoa 1 18
Bischofia 1 2
Heywoodia 1 1
Leptopus 1 12
Meineckia 1 32
Phyllanthopsis 1 2
Pseudolachnostylis 1 1
Pseudophyllanthus 1 1
Savia 1 2

Genera we do not yet document 33 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.