Glochidion ellipticumWight

WFO wfo-0000973209 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2020-03-06 / obs. 63407134
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65983539
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175581739
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127143438
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115410618
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115410315
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115410716
Glochidion ellipticum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115410499

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Glochidion ellipticum is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarNepalThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Glochidion ellipticum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bradleia wightiana Wall.
  • Diasperus assamicus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
  • Diasperus malabaricus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
  • Diasperus wightianus Kuntze
  • Glochidion assamicum (Müll.Arg.) Hook.f.
  • Glochidion assamicum var. brevipedicellatum Hurus. & Yu.Tanaka
  • Glochidion assamicum var. magnicapsulum Croizat & H.Hara
  • Glochidion balakrishnanii Jothi, Manickam, Sundaresan & Josephine
  • Glochidion diversifolium Bedd.
  • Glochidion diversifolium var. wightianum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd.
  • Glochidion ellipticum var. wightiana (Müll.Arg.) Hook.
  • Glochidion malabaricum (Müll.Arg.) Bedd.
  • Glochidion mandakamdevi Borthakur & Kalita
  • Glochidion ovalifolium F.Y.Lu & Y.S.Hsu
  • Phyllanthus andersonii Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus assamicus Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus diversifolius var. longifolius Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus diversifolius var. wightianus Müll.Arg.
  • Phyllanthus malabaricus Müll.Arg.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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