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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Breynia''
| image = Breynia disticha.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Breynia disticha]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malpighiales]]
| familia = [[Phyllanthaceae]]
| tribus = [[Phyllantheae]]
| subtribus = [[Flueggeinae]]
| genus = '''''Breynia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Johann Reinhold Forster|J.R.Forst.]] & [[Georg Forster|G.Forst.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Breynia disticha]]'' - snowbush
*''[[Breynia fruiticosa]]'' Hook. f.
*''[[Breynia nivosa]]''
*etc.
}}

'''''Breynia''''' is a [[plant]] [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Phyllanthaceae]]. It has 35 [[species]], distributed from [[India]] to [[New Caledonia]].

===Synonymy===
This genus is also known under several names:
*'''''Foersteria''''' <small>[[Scop.]]</small>
*'''''Forsteria''''' <small>[[Steud.]]</small>
*'''''Melanthes''''' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>
*'''''Melanthesa''''' <small>[[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]</small>, orth. var.
*'''''Melanthesopsis''''' <small>[[Müll.Arg.]]</small>

[[Category:Phyllanthaceae]]
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