Flueggea virosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle, 1836

Basionym
- Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd., 1805 (Spec. Pl., ed. 4 1:578)
Homotypic
- Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill., 1866 (Adansonia 6:334)
- Acidoton virosus (Roxb. ex Willd.) Kuntze, 1891 (Rev. Gen. Pl. 2:592)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional:Africa to Australia
  - Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Florida, Puerto Rico

Royle, J.F. [1833] 1839[–1840]. Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the flora of Cashmere. Volume I [Text]. 472 pp. London: Wm. H. Allen. BHL Reference page. :328.

Barker, C.P. & van Welzen, P.C. 2010. Flueggea (Euphorbiaceae s.l. or Phyllanthaceae) in Malesia. Systematic Botany 35(3): 541–551. DOI: 10.1600/036364410792495890 ResearchGate Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Flueggea virosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Flueggea virosa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 6 2020. Reference page.
IUCN: Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle (Least Concern)