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'''''Breynia''''' is a [[plant]] [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Phyllanthaceae]]. It has 35 [[species]], distributed from [[India]] to [[Australia]].
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Breynia (for J. P. Breyn, a German botanist of 17th century). Eupharbiaceie. Tropical shrubs or trees, rarely cult. Lvs. alternate, simple: fls. small, in short axillary clusters, monoecious, apetalous; calvx imbricate; styles 2-parted: fr. a reel berry. Related to Phyl- lanthus: about 15 soecies in Trop. Asia ond Pacific Isle. B. turbinata (Phyllanthus turbinatus, Sims). B.M. 1862. L.B.C. 8:731, may be the same as Andrachne fruticosa.  
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Breynia (for J. P. Breyn, a German botanist of 17th century). Eupharbiaceie. Tropical shrubs or trees, rarely cult. Lvs. alternate, simple: fls. small, in short axillary clusters, monoecious, apetalous; calvx imbricate; styles 2-parted: fr. a reel berry. Related to Phyl- lanthus: about 15 soecies in Trop. Asia ond Pacific Isle. B. turbinata (Phyllanthus turbinatus, Sims). May be the same as Andrachne fruticosa.  
 
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==Cultivation==
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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Breynia''
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===Propagation===
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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==Species==
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| familia = [[Phyllanthaceae]]
 
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| subtribus = [[Flueggeinae]]
 
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| genus = '''''Breynia'''''
 
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| genus_authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|J.R.Forst.]] & [[Georg Forster|G.Forst.]]
 
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*''[[Breynia disticha]]'' - snowbush
 
*''[[Breynia disticha]]'' - snowbush
 
*''[[Breynia fruiticosa]]'' Hook. f.
 
*''[[Breynia fruiticosa]]'' Hook. f.
 
*''[[Breynia nivosa]]''
 
*''[[Breynia nivosa]]''
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*''[[Breynia oblongifolia]]'' - coffee bush
 
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'''''Breynia''''' is a [[plant]] [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Phyllanthaceae]]. It has 35 [[species]], distributed from [[India]] to [[New Caledonia]].
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==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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===Synonymy===
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This genus is also known under several names:
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*'''''Foersteria''''' <small>[[Scop.]]</small>
 
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*'''''Forsteria''''' <small>[[Steud.]]</small>
 
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*'''''Melanthes''''' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>
 
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*'''''Melanthesa''''' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>, orth. var.
 
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*'''''Melanthesopsis''''' <small>[[Müll.Arg.]]</small>
 
  
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Latest revision as of 02:56, 4 March 2010


Breynia disticha


Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Phyllanthaceae >

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Breynia is a plant genus in the family Phyllanthaceae. It has 35 species, distributed from India to Australia.


Read about Breynia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Breynia (for J. P. Breyn, a German botanist of 17th century). Eupharbiaceie. Tropical shrubs or trees, rarely cult. Lvs. alternate, simple: fls. small, in short axillary clusters, monoecious, apetalous; calvx imbricate; styles 2-parted: fr. a reel berry. Related to Phyl- lanthus: about 15 soecies in Trop. Asia ond Pacific Isle. B. turbinata (Phyllanthus turbinatus, Sims). May be the same as Andrachne fruticosa.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

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  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

External links


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