Synostemon bacciformis(L.) G.L.Webster

WFO wfo-0000318122 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by renjus box
fig. a renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-05-13 / obs. 73146451
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by portioid
fig. b portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66780964
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 59381507
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. d Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40711885
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. e Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40717276
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. f Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39119015
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. g Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39412775
Synostemon bacciformis, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. h Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21497423

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Synostemon bacciformis is native: Mauritius, Réunion, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China SoutheastHainanTaiwanBangladeshBorneoIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam MauritiusRéunionMaldivesSouth China Sea
Native distribution of Synostemon bacciformis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Mauritius MAU AFRICA
Réunion REU

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 16 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.

  • Agyneia affinis Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Agyneia bacciformis (L.) A.Juss.
  • Agyneia bacciformis var. genuina Müll.Arg.
  • Agyneia bacciformis var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg.
  • Agyneia gonioclada (Merr. & Chun) H.Keng
  • Agyneia phyllanthoides Spreng.
  • Agyneia taiwaniana H.Keng
  • Breynia bacciformis (L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
  • Diplomorpha bacciformis (L.) Kuntze
  • Diplomorpha herbacea Griff.
  • Emblica annua Raf.
  • Emblica grandis Gaertn.
  • Phyllanthus bacciformis L.
  • Phyllanthus goniocladus Merr. & Chun
  • Sauropus bacciformis (L.) Airy Shaw
  • Sauropus gramineus Airy Shaw

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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